Airbus A380

With a visionary outlook towards the future AirbusA380 is developed by Airbus. This giant aircraft is designed to provide outstanding comfort to the passengers while maintaining the advantages of commonality like the other Airbus aircrafts. Airbus A 380 aircraft is the catalyst to the attempt of Airbus to maintain environmental purity.Airbus A380 is a four-engine and double deck airliner. Airbus S.A.S is the manufacturer of A380 aircraft. Airbus A 380 has 525 seats in the configuration of three-class standard. The strength is 853 in configuration of economy class. Airbus A 380 has a significant low fuel burning rate, per seat in Airbus A380 17% less fuel is burned. This means lower emissions of CO2. Airbus A 380 is a step forward of nice travel along with retaining a clean environment for the future.

There are two models of Airbus A 380. The passenger model, the A380-800 is the biggest passenger carrier in the globe and the freighter model; the A380-800F is a large freight aircraft with a gigantic payload capacity. The range of A380-800 is 15,200 km. The cruising speed of Airbus A 380 is 900 km per hour and with 0.85 Mach. The take off weight of Airbus A 380 is 650 metric tonnes. Either Engine Alliance GP7200 or Rolls-Royce Trent 900 will empower the Airbus A 380. The cockpit of Airbus A 380 is an advanced glass cockpit. The flight controls are fly -by -wire which has linkages to the side-sticks. There are eight 15/20 LCDs in the cockpit. These are two Multi-Function Displays, a system display, double navigation display, a display of engine parameter and two primary flight displays.

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The development of Airbus A 380 started in 1990s, with the name Megaliner. The first flight of A380 took place from Toulouse in France. The A380, with registration F-WWOW and serial number of 001 was unveiled on 18th January 2005. It first flew on 27th April, 2005 from Toulouse Blagnac International Airport. The airliner was powered with Trent 900 engines. Jacques Rosay was the test pilot.Singapore Airlines is geared to fly Airbus A 380.