A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project ...

There’s nothing quite like seeing an Airbus A380 for the first time ... The “hub and spoke” model was about to disappear in favor of “point to point” travel. Instead of buying larger ...

TOULOUSE, France -- The Airbus A380 superjumbo won't carry paying passengers until late this year at the earliest, but the plane maker gave a first taste of its flying experience by taking more ...

Airline orders for the Airbus A380 have lagged in the past year ... and most of them are smaller than the model A380. The Daily Mail reports that the each of the miniature jet engines powering ...

But the news Evrard made was more about the A380 superjumbo, star-crossed queen of the Airbus line ... operate and ultimately doesn’t fit their model. That model is point-to-point, as opposed ...

To understand why we may be looking at an "autopsy for the Airbus A380" (see ... (Both ultimately became A380 buyers.) In addition, the hub-and-spoke model of airline travel seemed to be declining ...

The custom design is a miniature version of an Emirates Airbus A380. Better known as the ... Tipping the scales at around 90 pounds, the finished model measures 6 feet from tip to tail and ...

The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger aircraft and the only full-length double-deck aircraft currently in service. A model which was originally proposed under the A3XX study in 1988 ...

Unfortunately for Airbus, while airlines use the hub and spoke model to enhance connectivity, using the A380 to execute it is difficult outside of select routes because its high operating costs ...

The last Airbus A380 ever made has been delivered to Emirates, marking the end of an era for the superjumbo that was once touted as the future of aviation until airlines cast it aside for smaller ...

Airbus itself acknowledged that timing may not have been on its side with the A380. While busy airports such as London Heathrow have become major magnets for the model, congestion has not been ...