Qantas Airways played down a steering issue that forced an Airbus A380 to twice abandon departure before taking off from London's Heathrow airport on Saturday, saying it was unrelated to wing cracks that have led Europe's air safety officials to order global checks on the superjumbo.
Tiny cracks detected in January in the wings of some Airbus A380s will cost around 100 million euros to fix, the German weekly Der Spiegel reports in its edition to appear on Monday. Experts and internal sources at Airbus estimate that repairs and ...
MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III on Friday said that he envisions the Philippines to become a destination for 10 million tourists by 2016. He made the remark at the inauguration of the new Airbus A380 maintenance hangar of Lufthansa ...
Following reports of stress fractures in the support brackets which connect the composite wings skins of the super jumbo Airbus A380-800 passenger jet, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered inspections of all 69 aircraft currently in ...
COLOGNE, GERMANY : The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Wednesday issued a mandate to further inspect the wings of all Airbus A380 aircraft currently in service. The published Airworthiness Directive to mandate a so-called High Frequency Eddy ...
Airbus A380 is the largest passenger airliner in the world. It has a double deck, a wide body, and can seat up to 853 people. It has also become known under the nickname Superjumbo jet. The plane is made by the Airbus corporations, a subsidiary of EADS. Find pictures, videos and articles about the Airbus A380 here.