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Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 (also called "Super-jumbo-jet") is a four-engined, double-decked airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world's biggest passenger airplane,[1] larger than the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.

Airbus A380
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380
Role Wide-Body Double-Deck Jet airliner
National origin Multi-country origin
Manufacturer Airbus
First flight 27 April 2005
Introduction 25 October 2007
Status No longer produced but used by airlines
Primary users Singapore Airlines
Emirates
Qantas
Lufthansa
Produced 2004-2021
Number built 254 (March 2021)
Unit cost US$350M
A Qatar airlines a380, registerd A7-APA
The Airbus A380 prototype lands in France.

The Airbus A380 can carry up to 850 passengers (but it usually carries about 525), and weighs over 550 tonnes.[2] It has four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines or four Engine Alliance GP7000 engines. The companies General Electric and Pratt & Whitney make alliance engines. The last A380 was produced in 2021 and delivered to Emirates. [3]

Orders

A Qantas Airbus A380 at Melbourne Airport

Hundreds of A380-800 airplanes have been ordered by 20 airlines. One has been ordered by a Saudi Arabian Prince, Al-Walid bin Talal and 10 by a company called ILFC (who gives other airlines airplanes for rent).

Emirates Airlines (an airline from the United Arab Emirates) has the most A380 aircraft, because they have ordered 123 aircraft. [4] Singapore Airlines took delivery of the first A380, which flew to Sydney in Australia on October 25, 2007. Singapore Airlines has 19 A380s.[5]

Other airlines which ordered the A380 are:

More than 200 A380 have been delivered, including 15 in 2017 and 12 in 2018.

Freighter Version

Airbus was going to make a version of the A380 to carry cargo instead of people. This would look almost the same as the normal passenger version, but with no windows and much bigger doors. Some cargo companies ordered the plane, like FedEx and UPS. Because Airbus took too long to make the A380 freight version, those orders were canceled.[7] Because Airbus has not gotten any orders for the plane anymore, they decided to not make the freighter version for a while and focus on making the passenger version of the A380.

Incidents

The Airbus A380 had 2 incidents, with no deaths.

  • On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32 was flying from Singapore Changi Airport when the number 2 engine failed, causing some damage to the plane, and forcing it to return to Singapore. Nobody was injured, but debris from the airplane fell onto the island of Batam, in Indonesia. Investigations found that the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine leaked oil, causing an explosion.[8] Other Trent 900 engines had similar problems and many engines had to be replaced and the FAA issued that all Airbus A380s currently in service are required to go under mandatory inspections before takeoff to prevent future engine problems.[9]
  • On 30 September 2017, Air France Flight 66 was flying to Los Angeles International Airport when the number 4 engine failed, destroying it and forcing the A380 to land at Goose Bay, Canada. Nobody was injured. Investigators found that the failure of the Engine Alliance GP7000 engine was caused by a crack in the fan hub. The FAA issued that all Airbus A380s with that type of engine would have to have their fan hubs inspected.[10]

Airbus A380 Media

  • The double-deck cross-section

  • Airbus' Lagardère plant, where the A380 was assembled

  • The first completed A380 at the "A380 Reveal" event in Toulouse, France, 18 January 2005

  • Bare cabin for flight tests with water tanks as ballast

  • An A380 of launch operator Singapore Airlines

  • A Lufthansa A380 at its then home base at Frankfurt Airport in 2011

  • A6-EVS, the last A380 to roll off the production line at Toulouse, photographed at Heathrow Airport on 19 November 2022. This aircraft, serial number 272, entered service with Emirates on 16 December 2021.

  • The characteristic ovoid fuselage

  • An Engine Alliance GP7200 engine waiting to be installed

  • Planform view showing moderate wing aspect ratio and the undercarriage

References

  1. ↑ Timeline - Airbus A380 'superjumbo' (2006-10-26)BBC News. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ↑ Specifications Airbus A380Airbus. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  3. ↑ CNN, Jacopo Prisco. Why the A380 superjumbo is staging a comeback (in en). CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  4. ↑ Orders and deliveries. Airbus. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Our Fleet".Singapore Airlines.Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Airbus A380 OperatorsPlanespotters.net Just Aviation. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  7. ↑ Airbus freighter woes hit EADS (2007-03-02)BBC News. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  8. ↑ http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20101104-1 Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine "ASN Aircraft Accident Airbus A380-842 VH-OQA Batam Island"
  9. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/nov/18/qantas-replaces-rolls-royce-engines"Qantas to replace half of its Rolls-Royce A380 superjumbo engines"
  10. ↑ (in fr) Accident to the AIRBUS A380-861 registered F-HPJE and operated by Air France on 30/09/2017 en route over Greenland [Investigation delegated to BEA by the authorities of Denmark]. https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-airbus-a380-861-registered-f-hpje-and-operated-by-air-france-on-30-09-2017-en-route-over-greenland-investigation-delegated-to-bea-by-the-authorities-of-denmark/. Retrieved 2026-02-20. 

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