Airbus A380 🛫
The world's largest passenger aircraft
The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that
was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest
passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus
studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to
challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The
then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994; Airbus launched the
€9.5 billion ($10.7 billion) A380 programme on 19 December 2000.
The first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse on 18 January 2005, with
its first flight on 27 April 2005. It then obtained its type
certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 12 December 2006.