Oversize Expectations for the Airbus A380 - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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this aircraft, which can hold more than 500 passengers. The plane dwarfs every commercial jet in the skies.
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Its two full-length decks total 6,000 square feet, 50 percent more than the original jumbo jet, the Boeing 747.
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The A380 was also Airbus’s answer to a problematic trend: More and more passengers meant more flights and increasingly congested tarmacs. Airbus figured that the future of air travel belonged to big planes flying between major hubs.
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