"Typically we would do 20 of these a year for our different aircraft in the product line. This one [Thai Airways] is our third A380 this year. For a new A380 customer it’s a big event and it’s also an opportunity for the airline to showcase its latest products to its customers." In the case of the Thai Airways pickup, high level executives from the airline, media and Thai dignitaries were invited to join the flight from Toulouse back to Bangkok. About two hours before takeoff, passengers checked their luggage at the delivery center's check-in counter, much like a normal flight. But we weren't assigned a designated seat number. Seating is first come first serve, though carefully worded signs were laid on the first class seats to remind us non-VIPs that this section was off limits.