Photos of the incident show part of an aerobridge’s footings hit the top and bottom of one of the superjumbo’s four engines.

While relatively modern, the fact that there were four of them meant that the A380 was inherently less efficient than a twinjet like the Boeing 777, a large airliner that only needed two engines.

Hundreds of passengers have faced nearly a day’s delay after an aerobridge grazed a Qantas plane at Sydney Airport. Flight ...

Qantas passengers due to fly to South Africa are facing a 21-hour wait after an aerobridge collided with a plane – forcing them off the jet.

The quietness results from design adaptations made to the aircraft's fuselage and engines, as well as the monstrous size of ...

A fallen tree has closed a stretched of a major Devon A-road this evening. The tree landed on both lanes of the A380 ...

Demand for supersized Airbus jet dried up partly because few airports could accommodate it – wind turbine suppliers are ...

Singapore Airlines was awarded the world's best first class by Skytrax World Airline Awards. The title is backed up by the ...

An aerobridge has collided with a plane on the tarmac of Sydney Airport shortly before a Qantas flight was due to take off on Saturday morning.

A routine flight across the Atlantic turned into a surprise landing when a Lufthansa A380 ran into trouble before reaching ...

Airline also expanding schedules to Milan, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires this winter <li /> Upgrades A380 services to Singapore, Sha ...