When it comes to the approach, the A380 will generally descend at 1,000 fpm, which is also slower than other aircraft. An ...

Up to 40 Rolls-Royce engines on Airbus A380 superjumbos worldwide will need to be replaced, according to Australian airline Qantas. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce was speaking two weeks after a ...

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw with a key part in a move likely to trigger checks on ...

Airbus wants to create a zero-emission hydrogen-powered plane by 2035 and has chosen the A380 as its demonstrator jet. The company will conduct ground tests and test flights of liquid hydrogen tanks ...

While relatively modern, the fact that there were four of them meant that the A380 was inherently less efficient than a ...

With all three Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A380 operators undertaking engine changes in their fleets, uncertainty has emerged over the availability of spare powerplants. Qantas, which suffered ...

SINGAPORE/SYDNEY, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Engine maker Rolls-Royce has asked Airbus EAD to return some Airbus A380 engines from production lines so it can use them to replace faulty ones on airplanes ...

When discussing Qantas flight 31, we need more science and less hyperbolic linkbait. Cooler heads should prevail. This week brought us the so-called “engine explosion” and “crash landing” of a ...

LONDON — An Airbus executive said Friday that Rolls-Royce has identified a faulty bearing box as the cause of the oil leak problem implicated in the midair disintegration of an engine on one of the ...

Cabin noise varies by aircraft type, and newer widebody aircraft are often much quieter than older models, such as the Boeing 747. The Airbus A380 is well known for being quiet, whereas a regional ...

One of the two engines selected to power the Airbus A380 Super Jumbo - the GP7000 produced by the GE/P&W Engine Alliance - will pass a major milestone next month when the first engine runs at Pratt & ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Planemaker Airbus is asking airlines that fly its A380 superjumbos to have any Rolls Royce engines inspected following the engine failure this week of an A380 operated by Qantas ...