In the end, the A380-800 was planned to be the first model ... with the wing optimized for the larger variant that never materialized. Though the larger A380 was the aircraft that Airbus truly ...

However, with low-cost carriers operating a more efficient point-to-point model, combined with the COVID-19 downturn in the ...

Unfortunately for Airbus, while airlines use the hub and spoke model to enhance connectivity, using the A380 to execute it is difficult outside of select routes because its high operating costs ...

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project ...

Airbus and CFM — a joint venture between GE and Safran — plan to test open-fan engines on an Airbus A380 by the end of ... head of the Wing of Tomorrow program. "That folding wing system ...

Eight spoilers on each wing ... A380’s mechanical ones. The nacelle sleeve on this Rolls- Royce turbofan is beginning to slide aft for thrust reversal. Phil Cooke—flightlineimages.com With the ...

Airbus will in the coming weeks begin work on a new scaled wing demonstrator under a project ... demonstrator ahead of flight tests aboard an A380 later this decade. Partridge says it is vital ...

Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing designs aimed ... open-fan design on an A380 test article before decade ...

NARRATOR:'After 25 days, the main body of the wing is complete. NARRATOR:'It weighs nearly 30 tonnes, and is four storey's high, lying on its side. NARRATOR:'Complex builds, like the Airbus A380 ...