Through the latter half of the 20th century, Boeing's legendary 747 jet was the largest passenger aircraft in the air. But for much of the 21st century, that title has belonged to an aircraft from ...

Airbus has finalized an A380 design package available to airlines ... are available as an option to airlines and boost the maximum takeoff weight of the aircraft by four metric tons to 573,000 ...

Airbus engineers have further improved the anticipated performance of the A380 high-gross weight configuration ... will boost the aircraft’s maximum takeoff weight to 575 metric tons from ...

Airbus has formally detailed new higher- and lower-weight variants of the A380 in its latest aircraft ... airframer's technical information. WV008 has a maximum take-off weight of 575t, the ...

Suspicion about the 555-seat A380-800's excess zero fuel weight... This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles. Schedule a demo today to ...