Taiwan's local plane spotters will be able to catch a glimpse of the A380 next month, as Airbus, manufacturer of the world's largest aircraft, has included Taoyuan International Airport in its promotional flight tour, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said on May 3.

The company has applied for a promotional landing at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport for the superjumbo from June 8 to June 10, a CAA official said.

The A380 will make its debut in India from May 7 to May 9, then fly to Tokyo via Paris in June.

From Japan it will fly to Sydney and return via Taiwan, incorporating a visit to China Airlines, according to a report by www.flightglobal.com that cites Airbus A380 product marketing director Richard Carcaillet.

As the display will not be open to the general public, aviation fans will only be able to get a peek of the plane as it arrives at and departs from the airport.

"We are still evaluating whether to place an order [for the A380], the decision is not imminent as there are still many factors to consider before making a decision," China Airlines spokesman Johnson Sun said by telephone on May 3.

If there is a demand for the aircraft, its fuel consumption and Taiwan's airport infrastructure are among the factors to be studied, Sun said.

None of the gates at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport have the facilities to cope with a double deck plane at present, Sun said.

China Airlines chairman Philip Wei said last year that the carrier was mulling an order for either the A380 or Boeing's 747-8 to fly busy long-haul flights.

The Boeing 747-8 intercontinental passenger airplane is scheduled to enter service in 2010. The 747-8 can seat 450 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, which is 34 seats more than the Boeing 747-400, currently the largest passenger plane in service.

EVA Airways has no plan to place further aircraft orders in the near term, as it has finished purchasing the aircraft it needs for the next few years, company spokesman Nieh Kuo-wei said.

EVA Airways ordered 12 Boeing 777-300ER and three Boeing 777-200LR passenger jets in 2000 and 2004, which will be delivered by 2009.