Alongside critical aspects such as safety, cost is one of the most important factors when it comes to major decision-making processes in the aviation industry. Airlines are, after all, businesses ...

You'd be hard-pressed to forget a ride on the Airbus A380 ... seats than the world's second-largest aircraft, Boeing's 747-8. As such, the A380 is so heavy that it requires four engines to ...

Four-turbine aircraft are a rare sight on the tarmac these days, as the efficiency and affordability of twinjet aircraft has ...

Phil Cooke—flightlineimages.com With the Airbus A380 weighing in fully loaded at ... unlike the thrust reversers on most airliners, including the Boeing 747 jumbo, they do not stop the aircraft ...

Airbus performed less well in the wide-body segment, with no new orders and two cancellations for the A380 superjumbo, though Boeing also suffered cancellations for its competing 747. Airbus is ...

Korean Air will postpone planned retirements of its Airbus A380s and Boeing 747-8s amid ongoing delays ... The airline had previously indicated that the A380 would begin exiting the fleet from ...

Although replacements are on the way, the legacy carrier operates the bulk of the remaining aging aircraft type.