PARIS, June 2, 2009 (AFP) - The world's biggest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, made its first commercial flight to Paris on Tuesday when a Singapore Airlines flight arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport.

But the official welcoming ceremony was cut back because of the reported loss of an Air France jet over the Atlantic.

The missing aircraft, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people, had been due to arrive at the same airport on Monday morning on a flight from Brazil.

French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, who is in charge of transport affairs, cancelled his planned appearance at the arrival ceremony for the A380.

Singapore Airlines already runs A380 flights from Singapore to Sydney, London and Tokyo.

The flight left Singapore on Monday at 2140 GMT and arrived in Paris at 0440 GMT on Tuesday and was to return to Singapore later in the day.

Singapore Airlines says it plans daily Singapore-Paris flights using A380s, of which it was the first airline to take delivery in October 2007. An airline source said there had been a delay in the delivery of one new A380 intended for the route.

It has ordered 19 of the long range jets and has options for six others.

Other airports that have received A380 aircraft are Sydney, London, Tokyo, Dubai, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Auckland, Toronto and Bangkok.