Ten facts about the Airbus A380 superjumbo:
- The double-decker A380 measures 73 metres (239 feet) in length, or about 80 percent of the smallest international football field
- The wing area is 845 square metres (9,092 square feet), enough to park 72 medium-sized cars on each wing
- It has 50-percent more floor space than the next biggest aircraft, the Boeing 747 jumbo, which can carry about 400 passengers
- It can carry 853 passengers in an all-economy configuration
- Project was delayed 18 months, at an additional cost of about six billion dollars, Airbus estimates
- The A380 has 530 kilometres (328 miles) of wiring, roughly equivalent to the distance between Frankfurt and Paris
- Airbus has received 180 firm orders and commitments to buy the plane
- Emirates is the biggest customer with an order for 55 jets
- Singapore Airlines is the first airline to fly the A380, and has installed 471 seats in three classes
- The A380 will take off on October 25 from Singapore for its first commercial flight (to Sydney)
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