the fate of airbus - the a380 - university of denvermhubner2/infographic_a380.pdf · 1988 1994 2017...

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1988 1994 2017 2018 status quo Orders: 317 Delivered: 208 Operating:208 Idea of “Superjumbo” Market demand research Boeing cancels similar project 1991 1993 Official kick-off project A3XX Cancellation A380 freighter 2015 2007 25. October First passengare flight Singarpor Airlines Toulouse - Sydney Certification & delays 2006 2005 Maiden flight 2000 Commerical launch of A3XX Component manufracturing starts 2002 Final decision: End of A380 program?* Rumors of A380neo flexible combine of passenger-cargo plane Characteristics: Possible seating: 853 ; common: 544 Range: 8000nm Max load: 1,2 Mio pounds max for take-off Cruise speed: 564 mph The A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane ever build. Some think it might have been too early to build a plane that big, but passenger numbers worldwide are continuously rising. Number of employees at Airbus Production/Compunding for the A380 10,000 + 110,000 (suppliers) Wings, Turbines 17,000 Rudder front, back Fuselage 26,000 Cockpit, Fuselage, Final montage 3,000 Tail, Elevator, Fselage pieces The Fate of Airbus - The A380 *http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/airbus-a-380-wird-10-jahre-alt-das-traurige-jubilaeum-13373517.html

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Page 1: The Fate of Airbus - The A380 - University of Denvermhubner2/infographic_a380.pdf · 1988 1994 2017 2018 status quo Orders: 317 Delivered: 208 Operating: 208 Idea of “Superjumbo”

1988 1994 2017 2018

status quoOrders: 317Delivered: 208Operating: 208

Idea of“Superjumbo”

Market demandresearch

Boeing cancelssimilar project

1991 1993

Officialkick-off project A3XX

CancellationA380 freighter

20152007

25. OctoberFirst passengare flightSingarpor AirlinesToulouse - Sydney

Certification& delays

20062005

Maidenflight

2000

Commericallaunch of A3XX

Component manufracturingstarts

2002

Final decision: End of A380 program?*Rumors of A380neo flexible combine ofpassenger-cargo plane

Characteristics:Possible seating: 853 ; common: 544Range: 8000nmMax load: 1,2 Mio pounds max for take-offCruise speed: 564 mph

The A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane ever build. Some thinkit might have been too early to build a plane that big, but passenger numbers worldwide are continuously rising.

Number of employeesat AirbusProduction/Compundingfor the A380

10,000+ 110,000(suppliers)Wings, Turbines

17,000Rudderfront, backFuselage26,000

Cockpit,Fuselage,Final montage

3,000Tail,Elevator,Fselage pieces

The Fate of Airbus - The A380

*http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/airbus-a-380-wird-10-jahre-alt-das-traurige-jubilaeum-13373517.html