By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Aviation Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for aircraft pilots, mechanics, and enthusiasts. Following the decision to wind down the A380 programme, Europe argues that the subsidies in effect no longer exist and that no sanctions are warranted.Major structural sections of the A380 are built in France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The Airbus A380-800 has an empty operating weight of 276.8 tons.
Max. Total orders for the A380 stand at 251 as of November 2019Delivery takes place in Hamburg for customers from Europe and the Middle East and in Toulouse for customers from the rest of the world.In 2013, in expectation of raising the number of orders placed, In 2014, Airbus said that some ordered A380s might not be built for an undisclosed Japanese airline. Airbus will build 17 more A380s before closing the production line – 14 for Emirates and three for One reason that the A380 did not achieve commercial viability for Airbus has been attributed to its extremely large capacity being optimised for a The A380-800's original configuration carried 555 passengers in a Due to its modern engines and aerodynamic improvements, Lufthansa's A380s produce half the noise of the Boeing 747-200 while carrying 160 more passengers.The common wing design approach sacrifices fuel efficiency on the A380-800 passenger model because of its weight, but Airbus estimates that the aircraft's size and advanced technology will provide lower operating costs per passenger than the 747–400. Max. Several A380s which are in service have been offered for lease to other airlines. The ICAO also recommends that pilots append the term "Super" to the aircraft's callsign when initiating communication with air traffic control, to distinguish the A380 from "Heavy" aircraft.In August 2008, the ICAO issued revised approach separations of 4 nmi (7.4 km) for Super (another A380), 6 nmi (11 km) for Heavy, 7 nmi (13 km) for medium/small, and 8 nmi (15 km) for light.Singapore Airlines describe the A380's landing speed of 130–135 kn (240–250 km/h) as "impressively slow".Production was suspended until the A380 production lines had settled, with no firm availability date.At launch in December 2000, a 656-seat A380-200 was proposed as a derivative of the 555-seat baseline.In November 2007, Airbus top sales executive and chief operating officer On 11 December 2014, at the annual Airbus Investor Day forum, Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier controversially announced, "We will one day launch an A380neo and one day launch a stretched A380".On 15 June 2015, John Leahy, Airbus's chief operating officer for customers, stated that Airbus was again looking at the A380-900 programme.
Max. Airbus cited as underlying causes the complexity of the cabin wiring (98,000 wires and 40,000 connectors), its concurrent design and production, the high degree of customisation for each airline, and failures of Airbus announced the first delay in June 2005 and notified airlines that deliveries would be delayed by six months.As Airbus prioritised the work on the A380-800 over the A380F,Beginning in 2007 the A380 was considered as a potential replacement for the existing On 13 May 2008, Airbus announced reduced deliveries for the years 2008 (12) and 2009 (21).In February 2009, the one millionth passenger was flown with Singapore AirlinesAirbus delivered the 100th A380 on 14 March 2013 to In 2010, Airbus announced a new A380 build standard, incorporating a strengthened airframe structure and a 1.5° increase in In 2012, Airbus announced another increase in the A380's maximum take-off weight to 575 t (1,268,000 lb), a 6 t increase from the initial A380 variant and 2 t higher than the increased-weight proposal of 2010. Aviation Stack Exchange works best with JavaScript enabled Airbus studies started in 1988 and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long haul market. The higher-weight version was offered for introduction to service early in 2013.Airbus is changing about 10% of all doors, as some leak during flight. As of February 2018In February 2019, Airbus announced it will end the A380 production by 2021, after its main customer, Emirates, agreed to drop an order for 39 of the aircraft, replacing it with 40 A330-900s and 30 A350-900s. Emirates does not see any demand in the second-hand market, but is indifferent in that the retired aircraft have already been fully Fourteen customers have ordered and taken delivery of the A380 as of April 2019. Another A380 following an A380 should maintain a separation of 4 nmi (7.4 km). That means that an aircraft in general does not meet these values.The amount of fuel varies so much per flight that I really can't say anything about it.
In addition to the limited range, it was not really a very flexible aircraft and didn’t reduce the overall cost for cargo carriers. Wikipedia provides some numbers (typical empty weight, MTOW, max fuel capacity, etc. Online: "A380 Superjumbo", A Documentary broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel in the series Berends, H., van Burg, E., & van Raaij, E. M. (2011). If you believe in coincidence, you haven't looked close enough-Joe Leaphorn Stack Exchange network consists of 177 Q&A communities including