{"id":107141,"date":"2021-03-18T15:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T15:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=107141"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T15:27:39","slug":"latest-a380-manufactured-by-airbus-makes-its-maiden-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/03\/latest-a380-manufactured-by-airbus-makes-its-maiden-flight.html","title":{"rendered":"Latest A380 manufactured by Airbus makes its maiden flight."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last aircraft of the Airbus A380 model made its first flight this Wednesday from the European group&#8217;s complex in Toulouse (southern France), where it has been assembled, to Hamburg (northern Germany), where the cabin will be fitted out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/03\/british-airways-says-will-not-retire-its-airbus-a380s.html\"><em>British Airways says will not retire its Airbus A380s.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft, which is the 272nd produced on the A380 assembly line in Toulouse, will be completed in the third quarter of the year for delivery to Emirates, at a date yet to be set, probably as early as 2022, a spokesman for the European aeronautical manufacturer told EFE on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates is by far the first customer of this model, with an order backlog of 123 units in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/03\/boeing-sees-potential-safety-risk-in-the-new-airbus-a321xlr.html\"><em>Boeing sees potential safety risk in the new Airbus A321XLR.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) company had ordered 162 in total, but swapped a portion for smaller aircraft after Airbus announced in January 2019 that it was ceasing production because demand was insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The factory that has served for the assembly of these giant aircraft should be transformed into a new production line for the Airbus A320 family, although the final decision has not yet been taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch of the A380 at the end of 2000 (its first test flight took place in April 2005) was a technological and industrial feat, but turned out to be a commercial fiasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was designed to cope with the possible saturation of the airports of the world&#8217;s major metropolises, but the evolution of aviation was not what Airbus had envisaged for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been superseded by other models, which, although not as large (such as Airbus&#8217; own A350 or Boeing&#8217;s 787), are much more fuel-efficient and more versatile in terms of adapting to developments such as the emergence of many airports with intercontinental flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-7019838e     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid 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