Airbus A380 Has The Super Jumbo Jet Finally Found A Second Life The For many passengers, the airbus a380 double deck “superjumbo” is the best way to fly. yet only 251 have been built – one sixth of the number of boeing 747s – and production ended in 2021. November 29, 2022, 15:08 (utc 3) engine technology has come a long way, including the newest engines such as the airbus a350’s rolls royce trent xwb, or the boeing 777x’s ge9x. for example, the trent xwb’s bypass ratio is 9.6:1, while the trent 900’s, which powers the airbus a380, is between 8.5 and 8.7:1.
Iconic A380 Super Jumbo Jet Returns To The Skies As Airlines Struggle Getty images. the final airbus a380 ever to be built has been handed over to its new owners, the dubai based carrier emirates. it is a landmark moment. the giant of the skies will continue to fly. The unlikely return of the airbus a380 superjumbo jet. the airbus a380 made its first commercial flight in 2007. when it debuted, it overtook the long reigning boeing 747 as the world’s biggest. The a380's biggest supporter is asking airbus to. Airbus has been reluctant to invest the kind of money needed to develop a new version of the a380. in 2017, airbus offered its customers a moderately updated version of the plane, called the a380 plus, with room for 80 more people and new winglets for better fuel economy. so far, there have been no takers.
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