Airbus announced on Thursday that it was pulling the plug on its flagship A380 superjumbo, the world’s biggest commercial airliner, after just over a decade in service.
The announcement came after years of struggling to find buyers for the mammoth plane, while legacy clients like Qantas and Emirates walked back on plans to bulk up their A380 fleets.
Here are some facts about the A380, whose final deliveries are now set for 2021.
The double-decker plane stretches 73 metres (239 feet) from nose to tail and has a wing area of 845 square metres (9,100 square feet) — enough to park 72 midsize cars on each wing.
