Airbus’ diverse product line includes everything from passenger aircraft to freighters and
private jets.
With each of the company’s aircraft families showcasing pioneering design, superior comfort,
and unparalleled efficiency.
Airbus’ A320 Family is the undisputed leader in the single-aisle category, now joined by
the A220 Family; while the twin-engine A330 Family can cover long-range requirements.
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A380 Is A Bigger Than Ever: The A380 has a maximum takeoff weight of almost
1.3 million pounds — as much as seven Boeing 737-800s or 30 percent more than the biggest
747 models.
It’s the only airplane flying today with a full-length upper deck.
It can carry up to 600 gallons of water, feeding the onboard showers as well as the standard
bathrooms and galleys.
Its maximum fuel capacity is over 85,000 gallons, or about the same as 5,300 Toyota Camrys.
But in one aspect, the 747 has it beat: it’s still the longest passenger airplane in the
world, at 250 feet versus 238.
The Low Cabin Altitude Of Airbus A350: Because the fuselage is made from carbon-fiber
composite plastic rather than aluminum, the cabin can be pressurized more.
Essentially that means that the cabin altitude is lower.
On an Airbus A350, you can be flying at 35,000 to 40,000 feet, but the cabin will be at around
5,500 feet.
(On a conventional aluminum aircraft, the cabin will be around 8,000 feet.)
This helps with the effects of jet lag and how you feel after a flight too.
It’s less fatiguing.
These three things – quiet, quick, low cabin altitude – all combine to make you feel
better in the cabin and after the flight.
A340 Has Primary Composite Structure: Bonded composite structure has been put to
use in primary load-bearing applications as well.
Commercial designs that incorporate composite bonded primary structures such as the Beech
Starship (composite fuselage and wing), Boeing 777 (composite horizontal tail), and an Airbus
A340 (composite horizontal tail) have been flying for years.
Both the A340 and 777 tail structures are of composite laminate skins with bonded composite
stringer design.
The Starship has a unique composite sandwich design, with the major components secondarily
bonded together with paste adhesives.
A380 Has One Of The Quietest Cabins: The A380 has one of the quietest cabins ever
built.
It’s so quiet that even on takeoff, you almost don’t hear the aircraft accelerating,
especially when you are seated on the upper deck far above the four powerful engines.
The typical ambient noise level in an A380 cabin at cruising altitude is around 60 decibels,
about equal to the volume of a normal conversation.
The relative quietness of the A380 has been much talked about since the aircraft took
to the skies more than 10 years ago, but not everyone is a fan: the A380 is so quiet that
it’s stopping pilots from sleeping during rest breaks on long-haul flights.
A340-8000 As An ultra-long-range Aircraft: According to FlightGlobal, Airbus developed
the Airbus A340-8000 as an ultra-long-range aircraft for the Brunei royal family.
It was a derivative of the A340-200.
Launched commercially by Lufthansa in 1993, the -200 was the first variant that Airbus
introduced.
What gave the aircraft its unique designation was the fact that it was fitted with auxiliary
fuel tanks.
The extra fuel capacity gave it a range of more than 8,000NM (hence the name) or 14,800
km.
This would enable the Sultan and his family to fly non-stop from Brunei to the USA or
Europe.
Two Versions Of The A340 Were Developed By Rolls Royce:
The famed Rolls Royce automobile manufacturer was also heavily involved in aeronautics manufacture.
They took over the development of the development process for the A340 500 and 600 variants
and gave them larger wings and a longer body so they had the capacity to travel for longer
distances.
Although there were several commercial airline companies that ordered the A340 for their
fleets, they were not the only ones interested in the craft.
There were also a number of businesses and private companies that purchased the jet for
their own use.
A320 Is Features by Fly-by-wire System(FBW): Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a computer-controlled
system in the A320 series and A330 / A340 and now the new A350 aircraft replaces the
conventional flight controls of an aircraft (like those found in the 737) with an electronic
system.
The pilot-controlled inputs to the side stick in the flight deck are converted to electronic
signals transmitted by wires (thus the fly-by-wire term).
The flight control computers then decide how to move the actuators at each control surface
to provide the control response.
Additionally FBW concept allows signals sent by the aircraft’s flight control computers
to perform functions without the pilot’s input, for example, to help stabilize the
aircraft or to protect the flight envelope.
A380 Is No Need To Pack Light: The cargo hold of an A380 can carry up to
3,000 suitcases, and two loading belts -- one at the front and one at the back -- can be
used simultaneously to speed up the process.
Each A380 is made of 4 million individual components, produced by 1,500 companies from
30 different countries.
They all used to converge via road, air, and sea to Toulouse, in the south of France, where
the final aircraft was assembled.
A fully stocked bar with onyx countertops on the upper deck is a relatively common sight
on the A380.
Less so are the fully functional showers fitted into the First Class suites on Emirates and
Ethiad A380s or the full-size double bed that Singapore introduced in its Double Suites.
The A380 Have A Lower Cost Per Seat: The A380 is reducing the lower cost per seat.
Because there are so many passengers on board, airlines operating the A380 have a lower cost
per seat than other airlines.
As such, they can leverage that competitive advantage, which is how Emirates has had so
much success with the aircraft.
However, this does rely on airlines being able to fill the plane.
Furthermore, the A380 is perfectly designed for airlines operating hub-to-hub models.
Airlines focusing on long-haul travel between intercontinental hubs (such as London Heathrow
and Dubai) find that using a single A380 offers an advantage over multiple smaller aircraft.
Unlike smaller routes between close cities (such as Chicago to New York), airlines are
less concerned about frequency.
A380 Is The Only Plane With A Shower: If you want to take a shower on a flight and
you don’t own a very large private jet, your only choice is the A380, flying first
class on Emirates or Etihad.
And what if you want your personal butler on a plane?
Only the A380 offers that, to passengers who have a lot of money (or a savvy strategy to
use their points), in the ultra-first class known as The Residence aboard Etihad.
On the other hand, to experience the famous onboard bar on Emirates, you just need a ticket
in business or first class.
You will have plenty of time to enjoy that bar on the fourth-longest nonstop flight in
the world, Emirates’ Auckland-to-Dubai route, the longest A380 flight currently scheduled.
It spends on average about 17 hours in the air.
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