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El Airbus A380 —denominado A3XX durante gran parte de su etapa de desarrollo— es un avión tetrarreactor fabricado por la empresa paneuropea Airbus, subsidiaria del grupo EADS. Se trata de la primera aeronave con dos cubiertas a lo largo de todo su fuselaje, a diferencia del Boeing 747 en el que, aunque también posee dos, la cubierta superior abarca solamente la parte delantera del fuselaje. Posee una capacidad máxima de 853 pasajeros —en una hipotética configuración de alta densidad de clase turista—, convirtiéndose en el avión comercial más grande del mundo. Supera de esta manera al ya mencionado Boeing 747, al brindar un área útil de un 49% más que este último —según el propio fabricante—. Sólo es superado por el avión de carga Antonov An-225. Tiene una longitud de casi 73 metros y 24 metros de altura, estando su estructura formada en un 40% de fibra de carbono y otros modernos materiales metálicos. El primer vuelo de esta aeronave se llevó a cabo en Toulouse, Francia, el 27 de abril de 2005, realizando su primer vuelo comercial el 25 de octubre de 2007 con la aerolínea Singapore Airlines.

Al disponer de una cubierta doble que se extiende a lo largo de todo el fuselaje, la superficie de la misma alcanza los 478,1 m², casi un 50% más que la de su principal competidor, el Boeing 747-400, el cual dispone de una superficie de cabina de 320,8 m². En una configuración clásica de tres clases —turista, negocios y primera— el A380 puede albergar entre 500 y 550 pasajeros. La versión de carga, pospuesta actualmente, disfrutaría de una capacidad de 150 toneladas y una autonomía de 10 400 kilómetros, sólo superada por el Antonov An-225. El A380, en su versión comercial, tiene un alcance de vuelo de 15 200 kilómetros, suficiente para cubrir rutas como por ejemplo: Madrid-Perth (Australia) sin escalas, con una velocidad de crucero de Mach 0,85 (900 km/h).

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