world's biggest private jet

Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will take delivery of the world’s first customised A380 superjumbo jet next year, local website Arabian Business reported, citing the president of Airbus Middle East.

The Saudi royal and chairman of Kingdom Holding is rumoured to have paid $485 million for the customised jumbo – dubbed ‘The Flying Palace’- when it was ordered back in 2009, the report said.

“The A380 is planned for next year 2013,” the website quoted Habib Fekih, President of Airbus Middle East as saying.

Fekih said Airbus has received only one order so far, but expected interest to grow once production slots became available at Airbus’s manufacturing plant in France.

Prince Alwaleed’s A380 jumbo is believed to include four-poster beds, a Turkish bath, storage space for a Rolls-Royce, a boardroom, a concert hall, five suites with king-size beds and a prayer room featuring computer generated prayer mats which always face Mecca,