Not counting the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, which had a significantly larger fuel capacity than its successors do, ...

The last Airbus A380 ever made has been delivered to Emirates, marking the end of an era for the superjumbo that was once touted as the future of aviation until airlines cast it aside for smaller ...

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Discover the world's oldest active Airbus A380, operated by Emirates, as it marks its 20th anniversary. Learn about its ...

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You'd be hard-pressed to forget a ride on the Airbus A380. The largest commercial airplane since its first passenger flight in 2007, it is the world's only full-length double-decker commercial ...

There’s nothing quite like seeing an Airbus A380 for the first time. It’s so big – the largest passenger plane ever built – that its wingspan almost runs the length of a soccer field, and more than ...

If you have taken a relatively recent flight inside the U.S., chances are pretty strong it was either on board a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320, the two best-selling commercial airplanes in the world.

The demise of the Airbus A380 has been all over the news this week. The end of the plane’s production life was perhaps the biggest non-shock in the airline industry. I’ve written a score of articles ...

The Airbus A380's days of ferrying more than 500 passengers through the sky are numbered. On Thursday, Airbus announced it would not manufacture its venerable superjumbo airliner beyond 2021, with its ...

The Airbus A380 is awesome and huge — the biggest passenger plane ever made, in fact. But less than 12 years after its entry into service, airlines feel they have enough of them. With orders having ...