AIRBUS A380 Aviation Parts list page 1

The Airbus A380 is a high capacity, long range, twin deck, wide body airliner type It started service in March of 2006, the A380 might be the world's largest airliner, simply beating Boeing's 747.

Airbus initially started studies on a very huge 500 seat airliner in the early 1990s. They saw making a competitor and descendant to the Boeing 747 as a strategy to end Boeing's domination of the huge airliner market.

The A380 is presented in passenger and freighter variations. The A380-800, which is the passenger model, is the largest passenger airliner in the world; however it has a shorter fuselage than the Airbus A340-600, which is Airbus's future biggest passenger aero plane.

Versions of this aircraft are A380-800 and A380-800F

The A380-800 has the following specifications;

Capacity

Seating capacity 525 (3-class) 644 (2-class) 853 (1-class)

Dimension

Length 73 m (240 ft), Height 24.1 m (79 ft), Wing area 845 m2 (9,100 sq ft)

Weights

Operating empty weight 276,800 kg (610,000 lb)

Maximum take-off weight 560,000 kg (1,200,000 lb)

Speed and Range

Cruising speed Mach 0.85 (903 km/h, 561 mph, 487 knots)

Maximum speed Mach 0.96[115](1020 km/h, 634 mph, 551 knots)

Engines

GP7270 (A380-861)

Trent 970/B (A380-841)

Trent 972/B (A380-842)