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The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX ...
The A380-800 layout with 519 seats displayed (16 First, 92 Business and 411 Economy) The Airbus A380 features two full-length decks, each measuring 49.9 metres (164 ft). The upper deck has a slightly shorter usable length of 44.93 metres (147.4 ft) due to the front fuselage curvature and the staircase.
Geographical logistics sequence for the A380, with final assembly in Toulouse. The Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit is a water and road route that has been created in order to allow the transport of the outsize structural sections of the Airbus A380 airliner from their point of manufacture to Toulouse for final assembly.
Areas of the Airbus 380 aircraft fuselage where the glass laminated aluminum reinforced epoxy (Glare) structural material is applied. Glare has been most often applied in the aviation field. It forms part of the Airbus A380 fuselage and the leading edge of the tail surfaces.
Airbus [12] All mobile leading edges and their rails, for all Airbus from the A310 to the latest A350, have been developed and produced by Sonaca as a single source. Airbus A380: in addition, "Nose Upper Shell" fuselage structure; Embraer [12] Embraer ERJ 135/140/145 and Legacy Complete sections of central and aft fuselage; Engine mounting pylons
Flying wing" aircraft, such as the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing and the Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber have no separate fuselage; instead what would be the fuselage is a thickened portion of the wing structure. Conversely, there have been a small number of aircraft designs which have no separate wing, but use the fuselage to generate lift.
“Boeing was brilliant in introducing a plane that flew direct routes and had extremely long range, while Airbus competed with the A380 that was a hub-and-spoke plane,” says Safran. “The 787 won.
[8] [9] This involved the Méaulte and Saint-Nazaire industrial plants, along with a design office in Toulouse. [10] In 2007, EADS' management decided to respond to the weakening US dollar and large investments required for the Airbus A380 and A350 XWB programs by restructuring in order to streamline, divest several non-core activities, and cut ...