Intended as the long-haul aviation work-horse for the 21st century, the Airbus A380 has proven oversized and too costly for the current passenger market. The airplane is now no longer being ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The last A380 rolled out of the Airbus plant in Toulouse, ...
They’re massive pieces of engineering that seem to defy physics as they hang in the air during takeoff and landing, but double-decker passenger airplanes — the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 — are still ...