However, the heavier weight of the Airbus A380 and similar aircraft means these bumps might not be as noticeable because the aircraft is not as easily displaced by them. A smoother take-off might make ...

Both decks of the Airbus behemoth were as quiet as if you were in a plane with the engines shut off. But the new A380 already had its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900s guzzling the 46,000 lbs. of fuel ...

Airbus says it is years from making money with the A380, which cost more than $24 billion, to challenge Boeing Co.’s decades-long grip on the market for long-haul jets.

As the jet age roared towards its peak, aircraft manufacturer Airbus wanted to create its own superjumbo to challenge Boeing’s 747 for supremacy. And so, in 2007, the gigantic A380 was born, and ...

There’s nothing quite like seeing an Airbus A380 for the first time. It’s so big — the largest passenger plane ever built — that its wingspan almost runs the length of a soccer field, and ...

The A380, the double-decker Airbus plane that will be the world's biggest passenger jetliner when it enters airline service late next year, will make its public debut in North America on Wednesday ...

The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has landed safely, completing its maiden flight. The long-awaited test lasted almost four hours, with the A380 circling the Bay of Biscay before ...

Airbus is planning to undertake the potentially destructive maximum-energy rejected take-off (RTO) test on one of its A380 test aircraft in the coming weeks at the Istres flight-test centre in ...

The once-celebrated Airbus A380 jumbo-jet airplanes are ... The late 2000s recession was particularly ill-timed for the A380, with the jets rolling off the assembly lines just as the global ...

The luxury Airbus A380 saw a pretty short flight in international airports, but could be making a comeback in a huge way. Here's the story of the jetliner.

As the jet age roared towards its peak, aircraft manufacturer Airbus wanted to create its own superjumbo to challenge Boeing’s 747 for supremacy. And so, in 2007, the gigantic A380 was born, and ...