We know of the Airbus A380 as the most ambitious civil aircraft program yet. The A380-800, the passenger model, is to be the largest passenger airliner in the world, superseding the Boeing 747, its production has been delayed by 2 years. Nevertheless since its here it sure is a marvel.
What does the Airbus A380 offer?
• A huge interior: Economy seats leave ample elbow room in the 540-seat demonstration cabin fitted by Airbus, airlines are planning to leave even more roomy by fitting in just 500 seats.
• It will have space enough to be fitted with lounges, duty free shops.
• It will help to ease an increasingly congested environment by carrying more passengers.
• It does not have a noisy takeoff. The engine roar outside could have passed for a neighbor mowing the grass half a block away. As a result of advances in soundproofing and air conditioning technologies.
Fernando Alonso, vice president of the Airbus flight test division is quoted to have said:
Where on a smaller airplane you would be shaken, in this airplane everything is really quite smooth,
FedEx canceled its 10 orders for the superjumbo freighter and ordered Boeings instead, but Singapore Airlines ordered more A380s - and Airbus.
Since a lot of the orders for the plane have been effected by delay in production, time will tell whether the company can make profits from a project that has cost it over 15 billion euros that is $19.5 billion
Via: Red orbit
