Manufacture for manufacturing Airbus A380
It ended in 2021. However, until now, four years after the 18 -year production period, 254 aircraft were built, A380 is still running in the list of the ten best passengers in the world, as presented Scientific focus In December 2024. A380 is a large aircraft capable of transporting up to 853 passengers at the utmost capacity, and it was designed to use it with the axis and the flight model occurs.
However, as low-cost transport companies operate a more efficient model from point to point, along with Covid-19 decline in the aviation industry, Airbus was persuaded to end the A380s production. This article will take a closer look at the A380, as it achieved how it reached these impressive speeds and how the plane affected the market.
For more information about the center, speaking and flight models from point to point, check This articleThat looked at the effect of Covid on the aviation industry.
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How fast is A380?
Four years after its retirement, this heavy weight is still competitive, as it is the fastest commercial declaration Airbus
A plane produced so far. Inaccurately, the fastest Airbus is also The largest commercial aircraft In the world, according to Air Charter Service UsaBeing wide like 32 two -decaleckens. To get a feeling of the size of the plane and how it can still reach such high speeds, A380 specifications are listed below.
Airbus A380-800 specifications |
|
It ranges |
8000 nm / 14800 km |
Speed cruises |
Mach 0.85 / 488 KW / 903 km / hour |
top gear |
Mach 0.89 / 511 KW / 945 km / hour |
roof |
43,000 feet |
Take off |
9800 feet |
capacity |
853 Max Goods: 6,190 cubic feet |
Her wings |
261 feet 8 in (Wing wipe 33.5 degrees) |
length |
238 feet 7 in |
an offer |
23 feet 5 in |
Empty weight |
285,000 kg |
Max weight take off |
575,000 kg |
Fuel |
85,472 USA Gall |
Power plant |
4x TRNT 970-84/970b-84 Turbofan Engines (348 kilograms, 78,000 pounds each) |

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The actual maximum speed that A380 can actually be able to actually, and since the conversion mathematics does not succeed in the speeds listed in the table above, the next speeds have been mentioned by the above sources, and it may be more accurate:
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Air Charter Service Usa quotes speed: Mach 0.83 / 551 knots / 1020 km / h.
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The scientific focus quotes the maximum speed from: Mach 0.89 / 593 knots / 1098 km / hour.
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A380 engine variables
Various speeds recorded may be the result of the engine variables that have been adopted A380 to fly over the years. The plane was delivered for the first time to Singapore Airlines
In October 2007, accredited to the use of Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines in December 2006. However, in December 2007, a few months after the initial delivery, the A380 was also relied on to use the GP7000 engine alliance engines, which were designed in part of a joint venture between them General Electric
and Prattienie
.
Here are engine variables, with corresponding A380 variables and trend values:
Alternative A380 |
engine |
Take off |
A380-841 |
Trent 970-84 |
334.29 Kn (75152 LBF) |
A380-841 |
Trent 970b-84 |
348.31 KN (78,304 LBF) |
A380-842 |
Trent 972-84 |
341.41 KN (76,752 LBF) |
A380-842 |
Trent 972B-84 |
356.81 KN (80,213 LBF) |
A380-861 |
GP7270 engine alliance |
332.44 KN (74,740 LBF) |
A380 safety record
As shown in the above table, TRENT Thrust engines provide maximum more than that while taking off, which leads to better performance in the runway. However, these TRENT engines were not without an accident, as in November 2010, Qantas 32 trip suffered an inappropriate engine failure, forcing the A380 to land in emergency situations. There were no injuries as a result of this incident, but it led to all A380s Kantas grounding so that the cause could be discovered.
Rolls-Royce was found that the defective oil supply pipeline had leaked, which led to the failure of the engine fire and the engineering of the engine in the end. However, only the A380s was affected by the Trent 900 engines on this issue. Fleet reforms cost $ 145 million, as Rolls -Royce requested about half Cantas
A380s fleet to change their engines.
Things will get worse for the Rolls-Royce in the following years, as TRENT 900 issues predicted more severe problems with subsequent Trent 1000 engines, which were notorious to its extensive issues, as shown in many articles in simple Trent 1000 flights 1000 Article category.
There was also one incident with the A380 equipped with GP7000 when Air France Flight 066 made a decline in emergency situations after a similar failure of the engine. Investigations found that the metal imbalance caused the engine fire and the failure of the subsequent engine, but no large -scale changes were requested on the A380.
Despite these hiccups, the A380 has a very good safety record in general. As of 2021, the A380 has completed more than 800,000 trips, which collected more than 7.3 million hours of flight without any death and no body losses so far.

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Airbus looked back on A380 production
Of the 254 Super-Jumbo A380s, there are still 189 aircraft in service with 10 operators worldwide from April 2024, where they transported more than 300 million passengers. The largest operator of A380 is The UAE
With 91 aircraft currently in service and 25 parked aircraft, according to Go travel on your way. In the same source, A380 still sees the service in the commercial airline sector with the following airlines:
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All airlines Nippon
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ASANA Airlines
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British Airways
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The UAE
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Etihad Airlines Airlines
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Korean air
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Lufthansa
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Cantas
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Qatar Airways
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Singapore Airlines
After the production stopped in 2021, Airbus took a look at how A380 performed a commercial plane, evaluating the effect of the plane in A. Fact paper. The first delivery and development was the A380, as it was delayed for two years due to the problem of electrical wires during the design process that raised the cost of development to an estimated $ 25 billion.
Although the development costs were not recovered by the time the Airbus production ended, Airbus is looking at the introduction and production of the plane as success, as shown from the facts newspaper, which pledged continuous support for the operational thirties, which leads to operational improvements to the fleet of services. You also expect the plane to continue to see the commercial use for future contracts.
Airbus also acknowledges that the A380 is preferred among passengers, and is considered good in this industry. An example of a good plane’s reputation is the foregoing LinkedIn post About the plane, which is being built for being the fastest passenger planes, despite its huge size. This example comes from a former Airport executive director and Aviation Services SRi Lanka Limited, so there is no novice in terms of aviation industry.
Al -Waqeeh newspaper also realizes that the ability of the huge passengers in the A380 makes it the only plane that offers more than 500 seats with high profitability, as the plane is uniquely placed as the best in the category of axial operations. In the paper, Airbus assumes that having the option on the table to maintain the axis model and the speaking model is also value, as it allows the presence of a wide range of airline products. Airbus determines successful examples with the following:
A380 with its unique ability provides an unbeatable economic suggestion for operators on dense roads (for example, Hajj Ops with Malaysian Airlines, Anna on the Narita-Honologulu Road …), especially crowded airports.
How does it look inside the double Superjumbo?
As shown in an example of the formation of three categories of the A380 above, there is a huge space for the seats inside the plane, spreading on the upper and lower floors. More good news for the future of the plane is that both Airbus and some airlines intend to preserve the current interiors. Al -Waqa’a newspaper from Airbus is citing Singapore Airlines, Cantas, and the UAE as examples of airlines that have partnered with the manufacturer in the cabin renewal efforts, as millions of euros invest at this end.
Model composition, original composition, is a preparation of three categories capable of sitting 555 passengers. However, manufacturers and airlines are moving towards making more accommodations for advanced travelers, and expanding seats in more expensive sections. The signs of this change date along the way to May 2007, less than a year after A380 delivered for the first time, as Airbus began to announce a modified three -category formation, bringing the total 525 passengers.
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An example of modern luxury on this high -speed plane, however, the huge image is the image above, which is a first -class window from Emirates Airlines located on the top of the A380. The seat is able to fold the bottom into a rebellious bed, and even first -class customers can reach a spa area for a shower and a lounge on the plane. These luxurious amenities are part of a new renewal mentioned in the Airbus 2021 reality newspaper, and the results appear in more detail on Emirates website.
Regarding luxury, the A380 is uniquely capable of providing it, thanks to its spacious cabin, and in a world where the outstanding travel is an increasing part of the flight scene, the plane may become more popular in the future.