It was the first company to introduce composite parts on the HTP, then the first full composite HTP and, finally, the first composite HTP with fuel tanks inside. It was the first to apply CFRP to a ...

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 ...

Dirgantara Indonesia, a supplier of aluminum wing components for Airbus SE’s A320 and A380 model jets, is developing the production capability to supply non-metal aircraft parts as well.

Like Boeing, Airbus says it also has designed the A380 so that invisible damage cannot produce a significant subsurface flaw, and that ultrasounds and other imaging methods are needed only if ...

In October 2022, Airbus auctioned five hundred A380 parts retrieved from the deconstruction of Airbus A380 MSN 13 by TARMAC Aerosave. The latest Airbus A380s to be dismantled are ex-Lufthansa and ...

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 ...

It’s no easy task recycling an A380, but someone’s got to do it. Here’s how one company breaks down the world’s largest passenger plane, recycling around 90% of the aircraft, and ...

In an Airbus A380 having 555 seats, the total weight saving would be 72 kg (158 lb). This let designers drop the weight of lumbar and thigh supports, armrest-table covers, and shields for in ...

[JAKARTA] Dirgantara Indonesia, a supplier of aluminum wing components for Airbus SE's A320 and A380 model jets, is developing the production capability to supply non-metal aircraft parts as well. The ...