Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

Can the Airbus A380 'superjumbo' outlive the Boeing 747 'jumbo jet'? The answer depends somewhat on how that question is answered. The A380 is designed with an operational lifespan of around 25 ...

Only eleven global airlines currently use Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 aircraft but everything points to their days being ...

Airbus famously quotes, “It takes an A380 to compete with the A380.” It appears that one A380 can cause wake turbulence large enough to impact another A380 following behind. Wake turbulence of other ...

Emirates has the most Airbus A380 jets, but you can also enjoy the double-decker experience on British Airways, Qantas, Singapore Airlines and more.

The two reversers do help slow the A380—but not by much. In fact, unlike the thrust reversers on most airliners, including the Boeing 747 jumbo, they do not stop the aircraft in a shorter ...

Airbus A340-600 The -600 variant of the venerable A340 was the longest commercial aircraft until 2010, when the Boeing 747-8 took that title — it's slightly longer than even the Airbus A380.

Here's how Kitty Hawk's finest hold up against an Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and the new Stratolaunch. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Tech The Wright brothers may have engineered the ...

They’re massive pieces of engineering that seem to defy physics as they hang in the air during takeoff and landing, but double-decker passenger airplanes — the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 ...