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...
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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.
by David Smith The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger plane in service, able to carry 550 passengers. No wonder, then, that Revell has had to shrink it down to 1:288 scale to fit it into its easykit range.
This fully painted model simply snaps together, with no gluing necessary, and its 47 parts make up a model that is still 252mm long, with a wingspan of 278mm, which helps to demonstrate just how enormous the original is.
Rated skill level 2, Revell’s Airbus A380 ‘Demonstrator’ is... Read Full Story
According to Bloomberg Vietnam Airlines has signed an in principal agreement to purchase 4 Airbus A380 aircraft The article goes on to say “Vietnam Air signed an initial agreement with European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., the parent of Airbus, to begin negotiations on the purchase, Pham Ngoc Minh, the airline’s chief executive officer, said in a telephone interview from Hanoi Thursday. He declined to elaborate.” “The Hanoi-based carrier plans to double its fleet to more than 100 planes... Read Full Story
An engine problem on a Singapore Airlines A380 superjumbo airliner was a "non-event" in technical terms, the chief executive of the company that built it said Monday. Singapore Airlines said the plane carrying 444 passengers from Paris to Singapore was forced to return to the French capital on Sunday when the as-yet unspecified problem was detected two and a half hours into the flight. The A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner and Singapore Airlines (SIA) is the first to take... Read Full Story
Emirates Airline has announced that it will begin operations of its Airbus A380 into Paris one month early with the first service taking from 29 December 2010....( read more ) Read Full Story
PARIS (Reuters) - The WTO has found that loans from European governments to Airbus were not only unfair subsidies but in some cases violated a tougher ban on export aid, according to sources familiar with a report that also rejected some U.S. complaints. The findings are contained in a confidential interim report distributed by the World Trade Organization to the parties in a row between the United States and European Union over aircraft subsidies that could affect planemakers worldwide. U.S... Read Full Story
Recession-hit Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Thursday it had agreed with Airbus to defer the delivery of eight A380 superjumbo jetliners by six to 12 months. The airline, which posted its first quarterly loss in six years during the June quarter, already has nine A380s in operation with two more due for delivery in the current financial year. "The revised schedule will see the 12th aircraft delivered in October 2010 rather than April 2010, while the 19th aircraft will be delivered in January... Read Full Story
S ingapore Airlines on Wednesday said it started to fly the A380 superjumbo to Melbourne, the sixth city worldwide in its network to receive the Airbus aircraft. “The A380 continues to be extremely popular with our customers,” executive vice president Huang Cheng Eng said in a statement.”On routes with multiple daily frequencies operated with different aircraft, many of our customers will specifically choose the service that is operated by this clean and green superjumbo,” he said... Read Full Story
