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The Airbus A380 is designed with a massive takeoff weight so that it can carry the massive amount of fuel, passengers, and ...
When it comes to the approach, the A380 will generally descend at 1,000 fpm, which is also slower than other aircraft. An ...
A routine transatlantic flight turned into an unexpected round trip last week, when Etihad Airways' Airbus A380 (known as the ...
Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht ...
Emirates agreed a $180 million deal to buy four Airbus A380s from a lessor, and plans to continue flying them through the ...
But Global Airlines, founded by 36-year-old British multimillionaire James Asquith, has found itself grounded after just two ...
Airbus is to issue service bulletins to A380 operators early next year detailing checks for leading-edge slat delamination, ...
After nearly two years of planning, a second of the world’s largest passenger planes now operates daily flights at Toronto ...
The A380’s first ever commercial voyage back in 2007 was via Singapore Airlines, traveling from Singapore to Sydney. Pre-pandemic, Singapore Airlines had 17 A380s.
Emirates’ current first class champion is the Boeing 777 “game-changer” suite, boasting floor-to-ceiling walls for complete privacy and an advanced “zero-gravity” seat, alongside a bevy of luxurious ...
That renders the A380 economically uncompetitive on all fewer than a dozen routes world wide. Thus, it was not the old, grande dame of the sky, the 400-passenger Boeing 747 that gets the credit ...
The pandemic almost killed it and its production ended sooner than anticipated in 2021, but the A380 simply refuses to die. Now new carrier Global Airlines has bought a new A380 to operate ...