A flying marvel ! ruling the skies
when it comes to commercial aircraft size does matter, yes i am talking about the worlds largest passenger aircraft Airbus A-380. It was 25 October 2007 when this giant took first commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore airline. source
Having maximum capacity of 853 persons this marvel of engineering cost approx 432 Millions USD. Although this monster lands on 20 wheels of main landing gear still its compatible with over 140 Airports of the world.
with fuel capacity of 320,000 litters its a 575 tons aircraft which can fly 14800 Kms in single refueling. Airbus used modern engineering to make it more spacious and quite.
Despite its huge size its as simple as to fly any other aircraft with state of the art cockpit consist of 8 interactive large display screens and HUD ( head up display) which provide greater situational awareness to pilot. Airbus claims that with its 4 engines its not only quieter but Eco friendly and reducing the fuel consumption up to 30 percents. Till the end of 2017 it covered 120 destination and landed on 60 different airports all around the world. Presently 14 Airlines are using A-380 to provide extra ordinary services to their passengers.
Few interesting Facts about A -380
An A-380 takes off or lands every two minutes
A-380 having 220 cabin windows and a system with recycle cabin air after every two minutes
Its 238 feet long and 80 feet high with a max take off capacity if 575 tons which is equivalent to 5 blue whales
If all the wires use in A-380 lay down flat they can stretches over 320 miles
While in flight its engine internal temperature reaches up to 3000 deg C
3600 litters paint is used to paint its exterior