This aircraft “skin tag” is made from the recycled materials of a special plane, A6-EDA, the very first Airbus A380 delivered to Emirates Airlines in July 2008. You could use the tag ...

When Singapore Airlines took the A380 superjumbo for its first commercial flight in 2007, there was widespread applause that the future of air travel had arrived. But the Airbus programme, long ...

Airbus added that there was a "lack of order backlog with other airlines." As a result of the Emirates order, "we have no substantial A380 backlog and hence no basis to sustain production ...

Airbus struggled for years to find airlines willing to buy the jet before finally throwing in the towel earlier this year when it announced that the A380 would cease production in 2021.

Described as being able to “boost network connections,” optimize hubs and enable airlines to “capture ... the result of the decrease in A380 orders was that Airbus would shutter production ...

UK-based start-up Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 has arrived in the Portuguese city of Beja, having departed Dresden where the aircraft has been undergoing heavy maintenance. The jet has ...

But ultimately demand for the A380 from airlines dried up as the industry shifted away from larger planes in favour of smaller, wide-body jets. When Airbus was conceiving the A380, Boeing was also ...

2007 with Singapore Airlines. Emirates soon followed, taking delivery of its first A380 in July 2008, and soon becoming the biggest customer for the aircraft's manufacturer. Like many of Airbus ...