Airbus A380

Fewer jumbo jets on domestic routes are better than lots of smaller planes

It's just that no govt so far has forced airlines to use bigger planes on Indian trunk routes

World's largest passenger plane Airbus A380 arrives at Bengaluru airport

The world's largest passenger plane Airbus A380 operated by Emirates' arrived at the Kempe Gowda International Airport in Bengaluru

Airbus restarts dividend after sharply higher profits in 2021

Planemaker predicts higher profit and deliveries for 2022; CEO says company is committed to a 'strong position in defence'

Singapore Airlines set to resume Airbus A380 service to India from Jan

The services will start from January 10, 2022 between Mumbai and Singapore

End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo to Dubai's Emirates

That is in stark contrast to the spectacular light show that revealed the new behemoth in front of European leaders in 2005

Etihad to cut more cabin crew jobs, grounds A380s as Covid batters travel

In the internal email, cabin crew were told those affected would be notified within 24 hours, without saying how many would lose their jobs

Queen of the Skies to end reign as Boeing winds down 747 jumbo jet output

Chief Executive Dave Calhoun says Boeing will stop building the iconic jet in 2022

Emirates launches world's shortest A380 flight between Dubai and Muscat

Interestigly, the distance between Dubai and Muscat is only 340km, which is shorter than the 500km long wiring on an an Airbus A380, Emirates said on its Twitter account

Airbus A380: A high-tech marvel that didn't live up to its promise

With only 234 units delivered out of 313 ordered over 13 years, it is far from the break-even point - originally estimated at 1,200 aircraft over 20 years

An end to the superjumbo era: Killing Airbus A380 is an act of kindness

The A380 isn't an important source of revenue - accounting for just 2 per cent of the company's aircraft deliveries in 2018 - and it doesn't make money

Airbus A380 production halt to fuel trade spat between European Union, US

The United States has consistently called on Airbus to forego the European loans or pay them back at market rates

A380 axed: Airbus to stop making largest passenger jet, 3500 jobs on line

Production of the jumbo jet will end by 2021, after the A380's biggest customer, Emirates, and a handful of remaining buyers receive their last orders.

Airbus will have to halt A380 programme if no new orders: Sales director

Orders from Emirates, the main customer of the supersize aircraft, have stalled over the past two years

Airbus delivers first A380 to Emirates

Delivery came a day after Airbus said it was postponing the planned delivery of jets for a year

Christopher Jasper & Andrea Rothman: Beginning of the end for superjumbo

The build rate of the Airbus A380 will be slashed by more than half to one plane a month by 2018