A Video Two-For Featuring the Last and the First A380
On 17 March 2021 the very last Airbus A380 Superjumbo took to the skies at the Airbus Assembly plant the Toulouse Blagnac airport in Toulouse, France. The jet, Airbus A380 serial number 272, is destined for service with Emirates. The jet is deceptively large and incredibly slow (looking) in the air. The forces in play when anything this big (and this heavy) flies are simply incredible. Predictably the event was captured by hundreds of cameras. Below we bring you what we think might be the best of the bunch. The video of SN 272 taking off and flying over the Airbus facility was uploaded to YouTube by Eurofilms – Aviation.
Something Incredible This Way Flies
The A380 flew for the first time on 27 April 2005 but didn’t enter service (with Singapore Airlines) until 25 October 2007. The challenges Airbus overcame on the way to getting the A380 into service were daunting. Sheer scale dictated the aircraft had to have more thrust available to it than any other passenger aircraft before it. A380s are powered by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Trent 970-84 or 970B-84 turbofan engines. Each one of these power houses produces up to 84,000 pounds of thrust. That’s somewhere between three and four times the thrust provided by the trusty CFM-56. Capable of carrying up to 856 passengers (usually more like 575 of them), the A380 is in a class entirely by itself.
BONUS VIDEO- The First A380
Ten years after its first flight, Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier said the A380 was “almost certainly introduced ten years too early.” While Airbus is no longer losing money on each jet they sell, the aerospace titan admits the $25 billion investment made in the A380 project will never be recovered. On 24 January 2021, A380 serial number 1 (F-WWOW ) wearing the familiar Airbus white demonstration paint scheme flew out of Toulouse Blagnac Airport. This video of SN 001 was also uploaded to YouTube by Eurofilms – Aviation. Enjoy!
Operators of the Superjumbo
Operators of the A380 include Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Qantas, Lufthansa, Korean Air, China Southern Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, British Airways, Asiana Airlines, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, and All Nippon Airways. Air France, Hi Fly Malta, and Aerolineas Estelar are former A380 operators. Because of the COVID virus, several operators have cut back flights on routes that have seen lower passenger traffic. As a result, several A380s have been scrapped before their time.
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Source: https://www.avgeekery.com/watch-the-last-a380-superjumbo-takes-to-the-skies-for-the-first-time/
