In simple terms, the Airbus A380 typically achieves better fuel efficiency per seat mile than most variants of the Boeing 747 ...

The Airbus A380 HTP: the world’s largest airborne composite tanker. Latest composite technologies ... – were already made out of composite materials. Composites technology was emerging at that time ...

Nor is Airbus using composites for the fuselage of its A380 superjumbo. The fuselage will use both metal and a material called Glare, which is made up of alternating lawyers of aluminum sheets and ...

HITCO selected materials identical to those specified for the majority of the composite parts on the A380 - high-modulus carbon fiber unidirectional prepreg tape and intermediate modulus 0°/90° woven ...

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 -- Airbus SAS's new top executive Monday revealed the redesign of a passenger jet that could prove critical in helping the European aircraft maker recover from what ...

The Airbus A380 super-jumbo is a plane for the annals of aviation history. When it goes into service later this year, ... fuel-efficient twin engines and lightweight composite materials.

The Airbus A380 could be an ideal transition aircraft for part-out companies to improve their carbon fiber recycling capabilities in the years before composite-heavy, newer-generation aircraft ...

When Airbus launched the A380 in December 2000, ... That’s a lot, but not as much as aircraft with a higher amount of composite materials, such as the Boeing 787, ...

Of course, some composite material or some dangerous goods that cannot be recycled will remain, ... Related article The A380's biggest supporter is asking Airbus to build a new super jumbo.

The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger airliner, having surpassed the various incarnations of rival Boeing’s 747 “Jumbo Jet”. The A380-800 variant had a cabin space that measured ...