When was airbus a380 made

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But after an initial surge of orders, especially from Dubai-based Emirates, demand dried up and the programme has never turned a profit. Last year, the World Trade Organisation ruled that the EU failed to comply with requests to end state aid to the planemaker , ramping up trade tensions between the bloc and the US. As of January, Airbus had received firm orders for the passenger version of the plane , of which had been delivered.

Ironically, the double-decker planes are popular with passengers, but airlines have come to view them as inefficient. Some argue that the A is too large, making it unprofitable when too many seats go unfilled.

With fuel prices rising and campaigners questioning the environmental impact of aircraft, some airlines chose to opt for smaller, but more efficient, planes produced by both Boeing and Airbus. Some airlines preferred to wait for more details about Boeing's new family of s - deliveries of which start in - which has fewer seats but the same range, more payload, and two fewer engines.

Since , a total of 57 firm orders for the A have been cancelled by airlines including Emirates, Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa. A cargo version of the plane also never took off because of a lack of interest. Facebook Twitter Email. CNN — A magnificent beast made of four million parts from 30 different countries, the Airbus A is the world's largest passenger airliner, and its era is almost at an end. Initial assembly has recently been completed on the last ever superjumbo, after it was announced in that the European airplane manufacturers were discontinuing the plane.

Since the superjumbo's first delivery to Singapore Airlines in , more than As have rolled off the line here. Initial assembly of the final double-decker jet, serial number , has been completed, with manufacturing station 40 now out of work. It's now off to station 30, where, Airbus media relations manager Anne Galabert tells CNN Travel, the engines will be installed and tests carried out on electrical and hydraulic systems, on-board computers, landing gear and moving parts.

After engine tests are performed, the aircraft will make its first test flight to Hamburg, Germany, where the cabin will be installed, fitted out and the plane painted in the customer's livery: Emirates Airlines. The last convoy to the Final Assembly Line FAL took place in February this year, with hundreds turning out in the French village of Levignac to see the wings, fuselage sections and horizontal tailplane transported by truck.