On June 4, the new Airbus A380 superjumbo, the biggest aircraft in the world, will leave France for Japan, Australia and Taiwan where it will make a series of demonstration flights, Airbus said.

The plane will touch down at Tokyo's Narita airport before heading to Sydney and Taipei, the European planemaker said.

Japan, a Boeing stronghold, has proved am impregnable market for the European aerospace giant.

The double decker plane, which can carry 853 passengers, has already visited Tokyo on a visit which also took it to Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong.