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A380 cockpit4/3/2023 Whilst there is a sector of the market that benefits from the luxury offers of deluxe personalised cabins and the like, a strong case for using the A380 is its capability of moving a huge number of people for a relatively low cost. These A380 Plus updates have one main focus and that is the economy of operation. In order to make the A380 even better and naturally more saleable to airlines, Airbus have undertaken a program of updates and improvements. The turnaround time at the airport terminal, including passenger disembarkation, cleaning, restocking and embarking the passengers for the next flight is a minimum of 90 minutes.Ī Korean Airlines A380 800 on approach. The maximum operating speed is Mach 0.89 and the range is 15,000km or 8,000nm with the maximum number of passengers. The aircraft can complete a 180° turn within a width of 56.5m, which is within the 60m width dimension of standard runways. ELDEC of Lynnwood, Washington, provides the landing gear proximity sensing system. The load on the airport runways and aprons are of similar magnitude to that of a 747. Smiths Aerospace supplies the landing gear extension and retraction system. Messier-Dowty supplies the nose landing gear with 350bar hydraulic pressure and Messier-Bugatti the braking and steering systems. Each landing gear supports about 167tonnes. The 22-wheel Goodrich landing gear consists of two under-wing struts each with four wheels, two central under-fuselage struts each with six wheels and a twin nose wheel. There are ten fuel tanks with a capacity of 320,000 Litres of fuel. The first Singapore Airbus A380 800 arrived in October 2007. This enables aircraft operations at night. The aircraft complies with the noise emission limits of ICAO (Chapter 3, Schedule 16) for overflying, approach and side-on manoeuvres including stricter regulations of London Heathrow airport concerning take-off and landing. The take-off length for the Airbus A380 800 is 2,900m at maximum weight at sea level, ISA +15° conditions and the initial cruise altitude is 35,000ft. BAe supplies Systems Controls and Hispano-Suiza provides the FADEC (Full Authority Digital Electronic Control) system for the GP7200. Goodrich supplies the engine sensor system for the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 and Ametek the sensor system for the Engine Alliance GP7200. During the takeoff run as the wings start to create lift, you will see them start to flex up as they take the weight of the aircraft. Also, notice the droop of the wings, they are very full of fuel for a long haul flight. The appreciation of the sheer size of this aircraft makes you feel very small. Rolls Royce delivered the first Trent 900 engine in February 2004 and it made a successful first flight on an A340-300 test-bed in May 2004.Ī QANTAS (Queensland And Northern Territory Air Services) Airbus A380 taxis for runway 34 Left at Sydney. The aircraft is equipped with four 70,000lb thrust engines, either the Rolls Royce Trent 900 or the General Electric / Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance GP7200. With the downturn in travel due to Covid 19 and the reduction of interest by airlines in large four-engined aircraft, we now know that Airbus has ended the A380 program once present orders for the aircraft type are filled. Unless of course, the airline can convince their travelling public to pay enough of a premium for these extra services. We feel that economics will somehow come back into play and that the airline company accountant might be hard-pressed to find a justification for leaving cargo behind in favour of some added passenger comfort. As well as sleeping berths there could be options to slot in conference rooms, lounge areas, to name a few. These modules would be able to be inserted and removed just like cargo containers and could be slotted in for certain legs of a flight. In April 2018 Airbus announced plans to offer passenger sleeping berth modules that would be able to be slotted into the cargo hold. Of course, these amenities are all very well at the conceptual stage, but economic pressures add a bit of a reality check and to date, no airline has added these amenities, save for First Class cabins on Emirates and Singapore Airlines. This was envisaged to allow more room for passenger amenities such as bars, gymnasiums and duty-free shops at the airline’s discretion. The A380 has 49% more floor area but only 35% more seats than the Boeing 747-400 which it was set to compete against (this is in the 555 seat configuration). QANTAS, for example, has fitted its aircraft out with 523 seats in three classes. The A380-800 as the Airbus A380 Specs table below will show, has a standard seating layout for 555 passengers on two decks in a three-class configuration.
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