From revolutionary engine technology to folding wings, Airbus is focusing on fuel efficiency for the next generation of plane.

The Airbus A380 was an engineering marvel when it first rolled out in Toulouse, France almost twenty years ago. With its four powerful engines, massive wing, double-deck fuselage, and tail ...

Airbus famously quotes, “It takes an A380 to compete with the A380.” It appears that one A380 can cause wake turbulence large ...

The design of the A380’s wings, with their large area, comparatively gentle sweep (33.5 degrees), and massive flaps, give the Airbus a landing speed that is 20 knots slower than that of a 747.

According to Airbus, the A380 comprises 2.5 million numbered parts, with the fuselage and wings alone held together by 23,000 bolts. Due to the complexity and volume of its components ...

Airbus and CFM have been conducting extensive testing on the concept and are targeting an initial open-fan engine test flight with an A380 jumbo jet by the end of the decade. For wings ...

Imagine a new Airbus single-aisle aircraft with wings designed with advanced aerodynamics ... test programme using the open-fan design on an A380 test article before decade’s end.

Airbus will in the coming weeks begin work on a new scaled wing demonstrator under a project ... demonstrator ahead of flight tests aboard an A380 later this decade. Partridge says it is vital ...

Open fan’ technology part of plans to make new models 20-30% more fuel efficient than aircraft currently in the air ...

Innovations include open-fan engines, folding wings, and automatic taxiing ... and Safran — plan to test open-fan engines on an Airbus A380 by the end of the decade. They are also planning ...