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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 ...
Type MTOW [kg] MLW [tonnes] TOR [m] LR [m] ICAO category FAA category; Antonov An-225: 640,000: 591.7: 3,500: Super: Super Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch
The payload fraction of modern twin-aisle aircraft is 18.4% to 20.8% of their maximum take-off weight, while single-aisle airliners are between 24.9% and 27.7%. An aircraft weight can be reduced with light-weight materials such as titanium, carbon fiber and other composite plastics if the expense can be recouped over the aircraft's lifetime.
The change was partly prompted by the development of the Airbus A380. [17] [18] The previous three wake turbulence categories were increased to six, by splitting Medium and Heavy into pairs, and adding a Super Heavy category for the Airbus A380. [19] Capacity gains of up to 8% were achieved. [17]
Airbus puts the fuel rate consumption of their A380 at less than 3 L/100 km per passenger (78 passenger-miles per US gallon). [116] Air France Airbus A380-800. The mass of an aircraft can be reduced by using light-weight materials such as titanium, carbon fibre and other composite plastics. Expensive materials may be used, if the reduction of ...
The engine is offered with two ratings appropriate for the various A380 configurations and take-off weights: GP7270 for the 560-tonne variant, and GP7277 for the 590 tonne A380-800 freighter (which was subsequently cancelled by Airbus). In mid-2011 an upgrade was announced which will lead to a cut in weight for each engine by 23 kg (51 lb).
Max take-off weight, full power Airbus A340-300 Enhanced: 0.2229 Max take-off weight, full power Airbus A380: 0.227 Max take-off weight, full power Boeing 747-8: 0.269 Max take-off weight, full power Boeing 777-200ER: 0.285 Max take-off weight, full power Boeing 737 MAX 8: 0.311 Max take-off weight, full power Airbus A320neo: 0.310
The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A300 in 1997, and its first Airbus A320 in February 1999. In 2001, Qatar Airways ordered two Airbus A380 aircraft, becoming the ninth operator of the type. The first A380 was delivered in 2014. The airline also added Airbus A321s, Airbus A330s, and Airbus A340s from 2004 to 2006.