The Future Airplane, Airbus A380
Posted November 29, 2009 – 7:57 am in: AirlinesAirbus A380 is a two-deck passenger jet and so far the biggest airliner ever assembled. A3XX was its pre-production name. Measuring it from end-to-end, the A380 could fit a football field— from its one goal line to next goal line.
Here’s the Airbus A380 Dimensions in metric terms:
- Overall length: 73 meters
- Height: 24,1 meters
- Fuselage diameter: 7,14 meters
- Maximum cabin width: 6,58 meters (main deck) and 5,92 meters (upper deck)
- Cabin length: 49,90 meters
- Wingspan: 79,8 meters (geometric)
- Wing area: 845 square meter (reference)
- Wing sweep: 33,5 degrees (25% chord)
- Wheelbase: 30,4 meters
- Wheel track: 14,3 meters
The plane has a total of three decks. The main and upper deck are used for passenger, which are connected near the airplane’s front by a majestic staircase and at the airplane’s back part, a small staircase is set. Although the lower deck outfit is used for cargo, it can also be equipped to accommodate special passenger utilization. It’s not possible to furnished the lower deck to become a child care center or others function. It’s up to the airline on what they will use the lower deck for.
A380’s one-class design has a capacity for up to 840 passengers while the three-class design can handle up to 555 passengers. Compare to the airliner Boeing 747-400 dimensions, the A380 has thirty to fifty percent more seats to offer. The A380 can fly non-stop 10,000 miles. The engines are developed to lift up the 1,2 million pounds of the airplane’s weight for any kind of flight distance.
There are ten airlines that have expressed their interest to purchase this kind of jet bus. Just before Christmas 2000, Airbus receive order of 66 planes right after its official launching. Some of the customers are famous airlines such as Air France, Federal Express, Emirates, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Atlantic and Singapore Airlines.
Since the A380 production started on January 23rd in 2002, Airbus receive more orders on the plane. Singapore Airlines is the first carrier to use A380 for commercial service. This happened on 2007. Australian’s Qantas Airways, and UAE’s Emirates Airlines also put A380 into commercial service.
Because of continuous improvement in technology, Airbus assures that A380 will turn into a more effective airplane than its major airline rival, Boeing 747. Airbus promised quiter flight and cheaper flight cost as the new engine will save about 20% of fuel.
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