| Airbus
A380 Orders |
| Airline |
A380 |
Air France
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10 |
| China Southern Airline |
5 |
| Emirates |
43 |
| Etihad Airways |
4 |
| FedEx |
10 |
| ILFC |
10 |
| Kingfisher Airlines |
5 |
| Korean Air |
5 |
| Lufthansa |
15 |
| Malaysia Airlines |
6 |
| Qantas |
12 |
| Qatar Airways |
2 |
| Singapore Airlines |
10 |
| Thai Airways |
6 |
| UPS |
10 |
| Virgin Atlantic |
6 |
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Total: |
159 |
| last updated: June 26, 2005 |
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| According to the Financial Times Deutschland, the list price of the A380 rose by 4.7% to between 235.4m euros ($295.6m; £161.9m) and 251.6m euros ($316m; £173.1m) in June 2006. |
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Cabin tests on a fully-equipped A380 in Germany simulated a 15-hour
flight with 474 passengers and 20 crew members in economy class (May
10 2006). |
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The simulated 15-hour flight of a fully-equipped A380 included passenger
use of laptop computers with the aircraft’s in-seat power supply
in business class (May 10 2006). |
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Facts:
The A380 is sold in two versions. The A380-800 can carry 555 passengers
in a three-class configuration or up to 853 passengers in a single-class
economy configuration. [click
here] for detailed 3-class config.
The A380 has a range of 14,800 km (8,000 nautical miles). The second
model, the A380-800F freighter, will carry 150 tonnes of cargo 10,400
km (5,600 nautical miles).
The A380 has a Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) of 590T. 747-400ER
has a MTOW of 412T.
The project was estimiated to cost around Euro 8.8billion in 1999,
however the final budget is Euro12 billion.
To-date, 159 A380s have been ordered by 16 customers, with the
first due to be delivered to first operator Singapore Airlines before
the end of the year (2006). |
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| Airbus
A380 Stats |
| Passenger: |
555 (three class)
853 (all-economy class) |
| Length: |
73m (239ft 3in) |
| Height: |
24.1 m (79ft 7in) |
| Cabin lenght: |
50.68m (166ft 3in) |
| Max. cabin width main deck: |
6.58m (21ft 7in) |
| Max. cabin width upper deck: |
5.92m (19ft 5in) |
| Wing span: |
79.8m (261ft 8in) |
| Wing area: |
845m sq (9,100 ft sq) |
| Wheelbase: |
30.4m (99ft 8in) |
| Range: |
8,000 nm./14,800 km (with max. passengers) |
| Max. weight: |
562 tonnes |
| Max. take-off weight: |
560 tonnes |
| Max. landing weight: |
386 tonnes |
| Max. fuel capacity: |
81,890 USg
310,000 litres |
| Typical operating weight empty: |
278.8 tonnes |
| Typical volumetric payload: |
66.4 tonnes |
| Speed: |
Max cruising speed: 652mph
Long range cruising speed :630mph |
| Engine: |
Rolls-Royce Trent 900 |
| Thrust Range: |
70,000 lb slst |
| Cost: |
[June 06]
US$295.6m - US$316m
[20/06/05]
approx. US$295 million
[launch]
approx. US$285 million |
source:
Airbus/Airliners/CNN |
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