The Airbus A380, Airbus’ modern response to Boeing’s famed 747, is the largest passenger plane ever built. Depending on the seat layout, the plane can carry as many as about 850 passengers, but the typical is closer to around 575.

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal: Airbus A380 Airbus has been known for its large planes, and this one is no exception. Even before the Prince bought one, the Airbus A380 was the largest aircraft commercially available, capable of holding up to 853 passengers.

Technical Specifications

Of the 61 Boeing 747 aircraft losses, 32 resulted in no loss of life; in one, a hostage was murdered; and in one, a terrorist died….Boeing 747 hull losses.

Boeing has announced that production of the iconic 747 will come to an end in 2022 as dwindling customer demand and low sales for its latest variant became the final nail in the coffin for the aging plane line. The 747 was the first quad-jet engine and dual-level passenger aircraft to roam the skies.

Boeing will reportedly stop making 747 Jumbo Jets for good after it completes the last of the 16 aircraft currently on order now. The final 747 is now expected to roll off the line in the next two years or so, after which time the type will have been in production for more than five decades.

B777X-9

The 747-8 is externally similar to the 747-400, but it has a higher gross weight, a longer fuselage, a new higher-aspect-ratio wing, and new higher-bypass-ratio engines (see fig. The primary external differences between the 747-8 and the 747-400 are in wingspan and fuselage length. They are virtually the same height.

The oldest 747 still in service Caspian Airlines bought it in 2018. The oldest 747 still flying ordinary punters is owned by Iran’s Mahan Air. It first flew in 1986 and has been on Mahan’s books since 2007.

The 747-400 winglets were implemented for aerodynamic reasons first, cosmetic reasons second. Boeing wanted to increase the span of the 747-400 wing, but this would have complicated gate clearance. The winglet was the obvious solution to obtain the effect of added span without logistic complication.

A Boeing 747-8 landing with 85% of its payload and 30% of its fuel, weighs 92% (8F) or 98% (8i) of its Maximum Landing Weight (MLW). The FAA/EASA Minimum runway length requirements for MLW landings are 7,500ft (~2,300m) for the 747-8F, and 6,750ft (~2,000m) for the 747-8i.

Large commercial aircraft like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A-380 simply cannot fit on the deck without the wings clipping the island or other deck antennas, etc, not to mention requiring landing rolls of over 3000 ft even in the most extreme short field attempts.

Qamdo Bamda Airport

Denver International Airport’s

Tenzing-Hillary Airport

On a normal day, at any given moment, FlightRadar24 would be tracking anywhere between 8,000 to 20,000 planes mid-flight, which is a lot more than it’s following now.

So, 4 flights a day, each about 18-19 hours long. That’s 74 flight hours spread over 5 planes for about 15 hours each plane, each day in the air.

In 2020 there were 40 accidents involving large commercial passenger planes, five of which were fatal, resulting in 299 fatalities. In 2019 there were nearly double the number of accidents – 86 – eight of which were fatal, resulting in 257 fatalities, said aviation consulting firm To70.

The global commercial air transport fleet currently stands at nearly 24,000 aircraft. That number is expected to grow 3.9 percent annually between 2015 and 2020 to 29,003 aircraft.

Qantas

Airplane accidents are 95% survivable. Airplane accidents have a 95.7% survivability rate, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board. Despite the public’s often fatalistic attitudes when it comes to flying, there are some things you can do to increase their chances of survival.