http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4JJ_0lWYRsendofvid [starttext] The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner
manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS.
The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden
flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France, and made its first
commercial flight on 25 October 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with
Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during
much of its development phase, but the nickname Superjumbo has since
become associated with it.
The A380's upper deck extends along the
entire length of the fuselage, and its width is equivalent to that of a
widebody aircraft. This allows for a cabin with 50% more floor space
than the next-largest airliner, the Boeing 747-400, and provides seating
for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853
people in all-economy class configurations. The postponed freighter
version, the A380-800F, is offered as one of the largest freight
aircraft, with a payload capacity exceeded only by the Antonov An-225.
The A380-800 has a design range of 15,200 km (8,200 nmi), sufficient to
fly from New York to Hong Kong for example, and a cruising speed of Mach
0.85 (about 900 km/h or 560 mph at cruising altitude). ... [endtext]
