Airbus a380 The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION Overview Performance Manufacturing process Financial performance
Overview It is the world's largest passenger airliner. The A380's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage, with a width equivalent to a wide- body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin 550 square metres (5,920 sq ft) of usable floor space. The A380-800 has a design range of 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km), sufficient to fly nonstop from Dallas, USA to Sydney, Australia. A380 customer with 140 on order and 75 delivered. Further informations ...
Performance Range Cruising speed Cruising altitude Engines Thrust Rate of Climb N.B. : The Airbus A380 is faster than any other Boeing. Further informations ...
Manufacturing process Airbus manufacturing plant Toulouse Further informations ...
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Emirates was the second airline to receive the A380 and commenced service between Dubai and New York in August 2008. Qantas followed, with flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles in October 2008.By the end of 2008, 890,000 passengers had flown on 2,200 flights. Areas Average of Orders value (expressed in billions USD) Average of A 380 orders Asia 36.68571429 8.571428571 EMEA 125.9542857 29.42857143 Oceania 85.6 20 Grand Total 81.60533333 19.06666667 Further informations ...