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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 engine was ground run for the first time on an A380 on August 14, 2006, in Toulouse. [5] On August 25, 2006, the same aircraft, A380-861 test aircraft (MSN 009), made the first flight of an Engine Alliance powered A380. The flight began and ended at Toulouse and lasted about four hours. Tests were performed on the engines' flight envelope ...
A330-200 in flight. Airbus aircraft designs after the A300/A310 are almost completely controlled by fly-by-wire equipment. These newer aircraft, including the A320, A330, A340, A350 and A380 operate under Airbus flight control laws. [7] The flight controls on the Airbus A330, for example, are all electronically controlled and hydraulically ...
World's largest operator of the A380. Etihad Airways: 2014 2017 7 3 Korean Air: 2011 2014 7 3 To be retired after 2030 Lufthansa: 2010 2015 8 6 To be retired after 2030. [3] Qantas: 2008 2011 10 2 To be replaced with the Airbus A350-1000 from 2032. [4] Qatar Airways: 2014 2018 8 2 To be replaced with the Airbus A350-1000 from 2028. Singapore ...
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.
The standard is known today to be used for Airbus A380 and A400M CDS development, [3] [4] and also Boeing 787 CDS development. [5] AgustaWestland company use ARINC 661 for the development of a new Touchscreen unit in the upgraded Merlin helicopter for the Royal Navy.
ECAM is a series of systems designed to work in unison to display information to the pilots in a quick and effective manner. Sensors placed throughout the aircraft, monitoring key parameters, feed their data into two System Data Acquisition Concentrator (SDACs) which in turn process the data and feed it to two Flight Warning Computers (FWCs).
An enhanced version, Fly! 2K, and add-on, Wilco's 737 for Fly!, were released in 2000. [7] The improvements were made available for owners of the original Fly! via a free patch . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Another version titled Fly! 2K: German Edition was released in early 2001.