A380
| Airbus A380 | |
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| An Air France A380-800 landing at Los Angeles International Airport | |
| Role | Wide-body, double-deck jet airliner |
| National origin | Multi-national |
| Manufacturer | Airbus |
| First flight | 27 April 2005 |
| Introduction | 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users |
Emirates Singapore Airlines Lufthansa Qantas |
| Produced | 2005–present |
| Number built | 207 as of 31 January 2017[update] |
| Unit cost |
US$436.9 million (2017)
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| Airbus A380-800 cutaway | |
 Airbus A380-800 cutaway from Flightglobal.com
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The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by European Union manufacturer Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines.
The A380's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage, with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin 550 square metres (5,920 sq ft) of usable floor space, 40% more than the next largest airliner, the Boeing 747-8, and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration. The A380-800 has a design range of 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km), serving the second and third longest non-stop scheduled flights (as of February 2017) in the world, and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h, 560 mph or 490 kt at cruising altitude).
As of January 2017[update], Airbus had received 317 firm orders and delivered 207 aircraft; Emirates is the biggest A380 customer with 142 ordered of which 92 have been delivered.
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