When the Airbus A380 entered commercial service on 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines, it not only introduced the world’s largest passenger aircraft but also redefined what high-capacity air ...

The Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 represent two of the most iconic widebody aircraft ever produced, each embodying distinct engineering philosophies that are evident starting in the cockpit. While ...

Emirates has released the world’s first 360-video tour of the A380 cockpit. Watch captain Thomas Ziarno from New Zealand and first officer Abdulrahman Mohamed Al Busaeedi from the United Arab Emirates ...

As part of a broader push on part of the aviation industry to reduce its carbon footprint, Airbus has conducted the first ever flight of its giant A380 jumbo jet using 100 percent biofuel. This is the ...

The demise of the Airbus A380 has been all over the news this week. The end of the plane’s production life was perhaps the biggest non-shock in the airline industry. I’ve written a score of articles ...

To fly the world's largest airliner you need courage, patience and the skill to master a small control stick. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of CNET since 2003, he reviewed ...

If you have taken a relatively recent flight inside the U.S., chances are pretty strong it was either on board a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320, the two best-selling commercial airplanes in the world.

Beloved by passengers for its spaciousness and comfort, but disliked by airlines because of its running costs, the Airbus A380 has already entered its sunset years, even though it debuted commercially ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The last A380 rolled out of the Airbus plant in Toulouse, ...

To keep the overall weight down, the A380’s designers used groundbreaking composite structure, including carbon ribs within aluminium wings. Equipped with the most advanced navigation system in ...

Investigators have discovered that the cockpit-voice recording of the Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure was overwritten because the adjacent engine could not be shut down after the aircraft landed in ...

The last Airbus A380 ever made has been delivered to Emirates, marking the end of an era for the superjumbo that was once touted as the future of aviation until airlines cast it aside for smaller ...