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7,900 | Support to the Space Staff is managed by the director of staff, who holds the rank of Lieutenant General and is responsible for the staff action, protocol, information technology and administration, resources, and total force integration groups. The Director of Staff is also responsible for synchronizing policy, plans,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,901 | Parallel to the director of staff are three deputy chiefs of space operations. The deputy chief of space operations for personnel and logistics, also known as the chief human capital officer, leads the S1/4 staff directorate and is a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,902 | The Deputy Chief of Space Operations for operations, cyber, and nuclear, also known as the chief operations officer (COO), leads the S2/3/6/10 staff directorate and is a lieutenant general, responsible for Space Force operations, intelligence, sustainment, cyber, and nuclear operations support. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,903 | The deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis, also known as the chief strategy and resourcing officer, leads the S5/8/9 staff directorate and is a lieutenant general, responsible for Space Force strategies, requirements, and budget. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,904 | Space Operations Command (SpOC) is the United States Space Force's first field command and is commanded by a lieutenant general. The current commanding officer is Lt Gen Stephen N. Whiting. SpOC was established on 21 October 2020 by redesignating Headquarters United States Space Force, which had been redesignated from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,905 | SpOC West is responsible for executing space warfighting operations and is led by a major general who is also the deputy commander of SpOC and the commander of U.S. Space Command's Combined Force Space Component Command, for which SpOC West serves as the headquarters. The current commanding officer is Maj Gen Douglas S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,906 | The Space Systems Command (SSC) is the Space Force's field command for acquisitions, engineering, research and development, and launch activities, commanded by a lieutenant general. The current commander is Lt Gen Michael Guetlein. The SSC is the oldest Department of Defense space organization, established on 1 July 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,907 | Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) is the third and final major field command of the Space Force, with a primary role of developing distinct space training, education, test and evaluation, and doctrine development for the force. It was activated 23 August 2021, it is commanded by Brigadier General Shawn N. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,908 | The United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific is a United States Space Force component field command to the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of U.S. Indo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,909 | The United States Space Forces Central is a United States Space Force component field command to the United States Central Command, headquartered at Macdill Air Force Base. It plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security coope... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,910 | Direct reporting units report directly to the chief of space operations, rather than having an intervening chain of command for communication to travel between. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,911 | Unlike the other branches of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force does not currently include reserve components. A federal reserve of the United States Space Force is slated to begin in 2021, while a Space National Guard component is being debated. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,912 | The Space Force operates six primary bases, seven smaller stations, and one air base in Greenland. On 9 December 2020, Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida were the first Space Force installations renamed, becoming Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Over t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,913 | United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) is the unified combatant command for all military space operations, while the Space Force is the military service responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the majority of forces for U.S. Space Command. The Space Force's service component to Space Command is Space Oper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,914 | The United States Space Force and the United States Air Force are both coequal sister service branches under the United States Department of the Air Force, a civilian-led military department under the Department of Defense. The Space Force's direct antecedent, Air Force Space Command, was an Air Force major command, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,915 | The Space Force derives most of its support personnel from the Air Force, being provided civil engineers, security forces, logistics, contracting, finance, and medical personnel who are then assigned to Space Force garrisons. The Space Force and Air Force also share the same service secretary and military department, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,916 | The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a Department of Defense agency and a member of the United States Intelligence Community, responsible for designing, building, launching, and maintaining intelligence satellites. The National Reconnaissance Office was established in 1961 as a joint agency between the United St... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,917 | The USSF's Space Systems Command (SSC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, manages the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, which uses government and contract spacecraft to launch sensitive government payloads. NSSL supports both the USSF and NRO, as well as the Navy. NRO director Scolese... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,918 | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for civil spaceflight. NASA and the Space Force's predecessors in the Air Force have a long-standing cooperative relationship, with the Space Force supporting NASA launches out of Kennedy Space ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,919 | As of mid-2019, in reference to actual satellites in orbit being operated and controlled by the then-AFSPC, the Air Force reported that there were four Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications; one Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR, USA-205); five Defense Meteorolog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,920 | The Space Force operates two Boeing X-37B spaceplanes on behalf of the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, which were previously managed by Air Force Space Command for five spaceflights. USA-299, launched in May 2020, was the first spaceplane mission operated under Space Force command. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,921 | On 20 December 2019, all members of the former Air Force Space Command were assigned to the United States Space Force. Members of the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force were also detailed to the Space Force. 16,000 military and civilian individuals in total w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,922 | The Space Force is creating career tracks for Space Force Core Organic specialties, including space-specific operations, intelligence, engineering, acquisitions, science, and cyber/communications. Support specialties, such as legal, medical, civil engineering, logistics, financial management, security forces, and publi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,923 | On 18 April 2020, the United States Air Force Academy graduated the Space Force's first 86 new second lieutenants. Space Force officers are commissioned through the United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps programs at civilian universities, and Air Force Officer Training School. The Air... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,924 | Space Force officers attend Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base for professional military education, which has space-specific programs including the Space Gray Rhinos program at Squadron Officer School for captains; the Schriever Space Scholars program at Air Command and Staff College for majors; and the West Spac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,925 | The Space Force swore in its first seven enlisted recruits on 20 October 2020, graduating basic military training on 10 December 2020. The Space Force conducts its basic training through Air Force Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, training alongside Air Force recruits, with the inc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,926 | The Space Force is in the process of implementing its own mess dress, service dress, and physical training uniforms, but in the interim period, it has adopted those of the Air Force. Space Force cadets at the Air Force Academy wear the same uniform as Air Force cadets; however, in their distinctive blue and white parad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,927 | The mess dress uniform is worn during official formal evening functions and state occasions and consists of a blue mess dress coat, blue trousers with a satin blue trouser stripe, white dress shirt, with a satin blue cummerbund and bow tie. Rank is worn on blue shoulder boards for officers and on the sleeves for enlist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,928 | The interim service dress uniform, also known as the "class A" uniform, consists of a blue three-button coat, matching trousers worn with a blue belt with silver buckle, a light blue long or short-sleeved collared shirt with two chest pockets and shoulder loops, and blue tie. The service dress coat is worn with a silve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,929 | The interim service blue uniform, also known as the "class B" uniform, is the service dress uniform worn without the coat and with the tie optional. The service blue uniform is worn with a blue plastic name tag and badges. Officer rank is worn on blue slip-on shoulder marks, while enlisted rank is sewn on the sleeve. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,930 | On 24 May 2022, the Space Force modified the interim uniforms by incorporating some elements of the final service dress uniform. Enlisted Guardians are now permitted to wear Space Force rank insignia as opposed to Air Force insignia, and the enlisted uniform's "U.S." lapel pins can now include a hexagon that surrounds ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,931 | The Space Force has adopted the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) uniform as its combat uniform, sharing it with the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. The Space Force is distinguished by the use of embroidered space blue thread for the name tape, service tape, rank insignia (except for major and second lieutenant, which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,932 | Members of the Space Force wear occupational badges on their uniforms to indicate job specialty. They may also wear previously earned badges, occupational badges, or badges awarded by sister services. Space Force occupational badges are the Space Operations Badge, for 13S space operations officers and 1C6 enlisted spac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,933 | As part of the United States Department of the Air Force, the United States Space Force and United States Air Force share the same awards and decorations or same variations of awards and decorations. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,934 | The 2021 Department of Defense Budget requests $1.6 billion for three National Security Space Launch vehicles. Of this budget $1.05 billion will fund three launches: AFSPC-36, AFSPC-87 and AFSPC-112. The United States Space Force is reported to be working closely with commercial leaders in the space domain, such as Elo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,935 | The Space Force had mixed reception within policy think tanks. The Center for Strategic and International Studies supported the creation of the new service, arguing that it was needed to consolidate national security space responsibilities, which in 2016 was spread out across 60 different organizations. They also argue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,936 | The idea of a space force was popular with Trump supporters, and Trump's presidential campaign sold unofficial space force merchandise – a practice he has been criticized for. The creation of Space Force resulted in some jokes, memes, and controversies online. Late night talk show hosts such as Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,937 | Logos, uniforms, and word choices used by the Space Force resulted in comparisons to science fiction franchises, and sometimes criticism, on social media. The delta on its seal and emblem was compared to the Starfleet symbol from "Star Trek", and naming their personnel "guardians" resulted in comparisons to the Marvel ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,938 | Following the departure of Donald Trump from the presidency and the confirmation of the Space Force's establishment by the Biden administration, less critical and more analytical coverage of the Space Force has arisen. High-ranking military officers and commentators interviewed by "Politico" in a February 2021 article ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54465810 |
7,939 | The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,940 | Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,941 | The then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994; Airbus launched the €10.7/1.1222round1 billion ($10.7 billion) A380 programme on 19 December 2000. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,942 | It then obtained its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 12 December 2006. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,943 | Due to difficulties with the electrical wiring, the initial production was delayed by two years and the development costs almost doubled. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,944 | However, after the largest customer, Emirates, reduced its last order in February 2019, Airbus announced that A380 production would end in 2021. On 16 December 2021, Emirates received its 123rd A380, which was the 251st and last delivered by Airbus. The $25 billion investment was not recouped. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,945 | The full-length double-deck aircraft has a typical seating for 525 passengers, with a maximum certified capacity for 853 passengers. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,946 | The quadjet is powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 or Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofans providing a range of . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,947 | , the global A380 fleet had completed more than 800,000 flights over 7.3 million block hours with no fatalities and no hull losses. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,948 | In mid-1988, Airbus engineers led by Jean Roeder began work in secret on the development of an ultra-high-capacity airliner (UHCA), both to complete its own range of products and to break the dominance that Boeing had enjoyed in this market segment since the early 1970s with its 747. McDonnell Douglas unsuccessfully of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,949 | The megaproject was announced at the 1990 Farnborough Airshow, with the stated goal of 15% lower operating costs than the 747-400. Airbus organised four teams of designers, one from each of its partners (Aérospatiale, British Aerospace, Deutsche Aerospace AG, CASA) to propose new technologies for its future aircraft de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,950 | In June 1994, Airbus announced its plan to develop its own very large airliner, designated as A3XX. Airbus considered several designs, including an unusual side-by-side combination of two fuselages from its A340, the largest Airbus jet at the time. The A3XX was pitted against the VLCT study and Boeing's own New Large A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,951 | From 1997 to 2000, as the 1997 Asian financial crisis darkened the market outlook, Airbus refined its design, targeting a 15–20% reduction in operating costs over the existing Boeing 747-400. The A3XX design converged on a double-decker layout that provided more passenger volume than a traditional single-deck design. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,952 | On 19 December 2000, the supervisory board of newly restructured Airbus voted to launch an €10.7/1.1222round1 billion ($10.7 billion) project to build the A3XX, re-designated as A380, with 50 firm orders from six launch customers. The A380 designation was a break from previous Airbus families, which had progressed sequ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,953 | In 2000, the projected development cost was €9.5 billion. In 2004 Airbus estimated that €1.5 billion ($2 billion) would need to be added, totalling the developmental costs to €10.3 billion ($12.7 billion). In 2006, Airbus stopped publishing its reported cost after reaching costs of €10.2 billion and then it provisioned... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,954 | In 2014, the aircraft was estimated to have cost $25bn (£16bn, €25*0.754round1bn) to develop. In 2015, Airbus said development costs were €15 billion (£11.4 billion, $ billion), though analysts believe the figure is likely to be at least €5bn ($ Bn) more for a €20 Bn ($ Bn) total. In 2016, The A380 development costs we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,955 | To start the programme in 2000, the governments of France, Germany and the UK loaned Airbus 3.5 billion euros and refundable advances reached 5.9 billion euros ($7.3 billion). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,956 | In February 2018, after an Emirates order secured production of the unprofitable programme for ten years, Airbus revised its deal with the three loan-giving governments to save $1.4 billion (17%): restructured terms, to lower the production rate from eight in 2019 to six per year. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,957 | On 15 May 2018, in its EU appeal ruling, a WTO ruling concluded that the A380 received improper subsidies through $9 billion of launch aids, but Airbus acknowledges that the threat posed to Boeing by the A380 is so marginal with 330 orders since its 2000 launch that any U.S. sanctions should be minimal, as previous rul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,958 | In February 2019, the German government disclosed that it was conducting talks with Airbus regarding €600 million in outstanding loans. Following the decision to wind down the A380 programme, Europe argues that the subsidies in effect no longer exist and that no sanctions are warranted. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,959 | Major structural sections of the A380 are built in France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Due to the sections' large size, traditional transportation methods proved unfeasible, so they are brought to the "Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant" assembly hall in Toulouse, France, by specialised road and water transportation,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,960 | For the surface movement of large A380 structural components, a complex route known as the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit was developed. This involved the construction of a fleet of roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships and barges, the construction of port facilities and the development of new and modified roads to accommodate ove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,961 | In Saint-Nazaire, the ship exchanges the fuselage sections from Hamburg for larger, assembled sections, some of which include the nose. This ship unloads in Bordeaux. It then goes to pick up the belly and tail sections from Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA in Cádiz, Spain, and delivers them to Bordeaux. From there, the A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,962 | After assembly, the aircraft are flown to the Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant to be furnished and painted. Airbus sized the production facilities and supply chain for a production rate of four A380s per month. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,963 | In 2005, five A380s were built for testing and demonstration purposes. The first A380, registered F-WWOW, was unveiled in Toulouse 18 January 2005. It first flew on 27 April 2005. This plane, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, flew from Toulouse–Blagnac Airport with a crew of six headed by chief test pilot Ja... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,964 | On 1 December 2005, the A380 achieved its maximum design speed of Mach 0.96, (its design cruise speed is Mach 0.85) in a shallow dive. In 2006, the A380 flew its first high-altitude test at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. It conducted its second high-altitude test at the same airport in 2009. On 10 January 2006... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,965 | On 14 February 2006, during the destructive wing strength certification test on MSN5000, the test wing of the A380 failed at 145% of the limit load, short of the required 150% level. Airbus announced modifications adding 30 kg (66 lb) to the wing to provide the required strength. On 26 March 2006, the A380 underwent ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,966 | The first A380 using GP7200 engines—serial number MSN009 and flew on 25 August 2006. On 4 September 2006, the first full passenger-carrying flight test took place. The aircraft flew from Toulouse with 474 Airbus employees on board, in a test of passenger facilities and comfort. In November 2006, a further series of rou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,967 | Airbus obtained type certificates for the A380-841 and A380-842 model from the EASA and FAA on 12 December 2006 in a joint ceremony at the company's French headquarters, receiving the ICAO code A388. The A380-861 model was added to the type certificate on 14 December 2007. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,968 | Initial production of the A380 was troubled by delays attributed to the of wiring in each aircraft. Airbus cited as underlying causes the complexity of the cabin wiring (98,000 wires and 40,000 connectors), its concurrent design and production, the high degree of customisation for each airline, and failures of configur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,969 | Airbus announced the first delay in June 2005 and notified airlines that deliveries would be delayed by six months. This reduced the total number of planned deliveries by the end of 2009 from about 120 to 90–100. On 13 June 2006, Airbus announced a second delay, with the delivery schedule slipping an additional six to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,970 | As Airbus prioritised the work on the A380-800 over the A380F, freighter orders were cancelled by FedEx and United Parcel Service, or converted to A380-800 by Emirates and ILFC. Airbus suspended work on the freighter version, but said it remained on offer, albeit without a service entry date. For the passenger version ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,971 | Beginning in 2007, the A380 was considered as a potential replacement for the existing Boeing VC-25 serving as Air Force One presidential transport, but in January 2009 EADS declared that they were not going to bid for the contract, as assembling only three planes in the US would not make financial sense. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,972 | On 13 May 2008, Airbus announced reduced deliveries for the years 2008 (12) and 2009 (21). After further manufacturing setbacks, Airbus announced its plan to deliver 14 A380s in 2009, down from the previously revised target of 18. A total of 10 A380s were delivered in 2009. In 2010 Airbus delivered 18 of the expected 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,973 | Nicknamed "Superjumbo", the first A380, MSN003, was delivered to Singapore Airlines on 15 October 2007 and entered service on 25 October 2007 with flight number SQ380 between Singapore and Sydney. Passengers bought seats in a charity online auction paying between $560 and $100,380. Two months later, Singapore Airlines ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,974 | Emirates was the second airline to receive the A380 and commenced service between Dubai and New York in August 2008. Qantas followed, with flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles in October 2008. By the end of 2008, 890,000 passengers had flown on 2,200 flights. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,975 | Furthermore, in February 2008, the A380 became the first airliner to fly using synthetic liquid fuel. The fuel is processed from gas to liquid form (GTL fuel). The flight was 3 hours long, taking off from Filton, UK, and landing in Toulouse, France, and was a significant step in evaluating the suitability of sustainabl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,976 | In 2010, Airbus announced a new A380 build standard, incorporating a strengthened airframe structure and a 1.5° increase in wing twist. Airbus also offered, as an option, an improved maximum take-off weight, thus providing a better payload/range performance. Maximum take-off weight is increased by , to and the range is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,977 | In 2012, Airbus announced another increase in the A380's maximum take-off weight to , a 6 t increase from the initial A380 variant and 2 t higher than the increased-weight proposal of 2010. This increased the range by some , taking its capability to around at current payloads. The higher-weight version was offered for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,978 | During repairs following the Qantas Flight 32 engine failure incident, cracks were discovered in wing fittings. As a result, the European Aviation Safety Agency issued an Airworthiness Directive in January 2012 which affected 20 A380 aircraft that had accumulated over 1,300 flights. A380s with under 1,800 flight hours ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,979 | Around 2014, Airbus changed about 10% of all doors, as some leaked during flight. One occurrence resulted in dropped oxygen masks and an emergency landing. The switch was estimated to cost over €100 million. Airbus stated that safety was sufficient, as the air pressure pushed the door into the frame. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,980 | At the July 2016 Farnborough Airshow Airbus announced that in a "prudent, proactive step," starting in 2018 it expected to deliver 12 A380 aircraft per year, down from 27 deliveries in 2015. The firm also warned production might slip back into red ink (be unprofitable) on each aircraft produced at that time, though it ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,981 | As Airbus expected to build 15 airliners in 2017 and 12 in 2018, Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Fabrice Brégier said that, without orders in 2017, production would be reduced below one per month while remaining profitable per unit and allowing the programme to continue for 20 to 30 years. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,982 | In November 2017, its chief executive Tom Enders was confident Airbus would still produce A380s in 2027 with more sales to come, and further develop it to keep it competitive beyond 2030. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,983 | Airbus was profitable at a rate of 15 per year and is trying to drive breakeven down further but will take losses at eight per year. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,984 | An order from Emirates for 36 A380s would have ensured production beyond 2020, but the airline wanted guarantees that production would be maintained for 10 years, until 2028: reducing output to six a year would help to bridge that period and would support second-hand values while other buyers are approached, but the pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,985 | To extend the programme, Airbus offered China a production role in early 2018. While state-owned Chinese airlines could order A380s, it would not help their low yield, as it lowers frequency; they do not need more volume as widebody aircraft are already used on domestic routes and using the A380 on its intended long-ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,986 | After achieving efficiencies to sustain production at a lower level, in 2017 Airbus delivered 15 A380s and was "very close" to production breakeven, expecting to make additional savings as production was being further reduced: it planned to deliver 12 in 2018, eight in 2019 and six per year from 2020 with "digestible" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,987 | , Enders was confident the A380 would gain additional orders from existing or new operators, and saw opportunities in Asia and particularly in China where it is "under-represented". | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,988 | In 2019, Lufthansa had retired 6 of its 14 A380s due to their unprofitability. Later that year Qatar Airways announced a switch from the A380 to the Boeing 777X starting from 2024. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,989 | In February 2019, Airbus announced it would end A380 production by 2021, after its main customer, Emirates, agreed to drop an order for 39 of the aircraft, replacing it with 40 A330-900s and 30 A350-900s. At the time of the announcement, Airbus had 17 more A380s on its order book to complete before closing the producti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,990 | One reason that the A380 did not achieve commercial viability for Airbus has been attributed to its extremely large capacity being optimised for a hub-and-spoke system, which was projected by Airbus to be thriving when the programme was conceived. However, airlines underwent a fundamental transition to a point-to-point... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,991 | On 25 September 2020, Airbus completed assembly of the final A380 fuselage. Nine aircraft remained to be delivered (eight for Emirates, one for All Nippon Airways) and production operations continued to finish those aircraft. On 17 March 2021, the final Airbus A380 (manufacturing serial number 272) made its maiden flig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,992 | The A380-800's original configuration carried 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or 853 passengers (538 on the main deck and 315 on the upper deck) in a single-class economy configuration. Then in May 2007, Airbus began marketing a configuration with 30 fewer passengers (525 total in three classes)—traded fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,993 | The second model, the "A380F" freighter, would have carried of cargo over a range of . Freighter development was put on hold as Airbus prioritised the passenger version, and all orders for freighters were cancelled. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,994 | Other proposed variants included an "A380-900" stretchseating about 656 passengers (or up to 960 passengers in an all-economy configuration)and an extended-range version with the same passenger capacity as the A380-800. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,995 | The A380 is offered with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (A380-841/-842) or the Engine Alliance GP7000 (A380-861) turbofan engines. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,996 | The Trent 900 is a combination of the fan and scaled compressor of the 777-200X/300X Trent 8104 technology demonstrator derived from the Boeing 777's Trent 800, and the Airbus A340-500/600's Trent 500 core. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,997 | The GP7200 core technology is derived from GE's GE90 and its sections are based on the PW4000 expertise. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,998 | At its launch in 2000, engine makers assured Airbus it was getting the best level of technology and they would be state-of-the-art for the next decade, but three years later Boeing launched the 787 Dreamliner with game-changing technology and 10% lower fuel burn than the previous generation, to the dismay of John Leahy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
7,999 | Due to its modern engines and aerodynamic improvements, Lufthansa's A380s produce half the noise of the Boeing 747-200 while carrying 160 more passengers. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 |
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