Air France set to auction off seats on A380 during its inaugural flights between Paris and New York on Wednesday through eBay.
The auction, staged through Oct. 21, is bidding on 380 seats of the world's biggest passenger plane on each flight from Paris to New York on Nov. 20 and from New York to Paris on Nov. 21.
The opening bid is probably at a price of 380 U.S. dollars for economy class and 1,380 dollars for business class, which may be adjusted during the auction, the French airways said.
Air France has ordered from Airbus 12 of the giant jets, each with a capacity of 538 passengers -- nine for first class, 80 for business class and 449 for economy class.
The double-decked Airbus A380 made its maiden flight on April 27, 2005 from Toulouse, France, and made its first commercial flight on Oct. 25, 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines.
