Livinig in Sydneyu we were fortunate to have one of the first services of the A on the Singapore to Sydney route. It seems now that the age of the Superjumbo and the Jumbo are possibly going to come to a close or at least be less significant than was first predicted. With advances in engine technology, these twin engined giants are achieving ETOPS certification to allow them to fly anywhere on the globe at much lower costs.
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However, Airbus announced production of the jumbojet would end at the end of due to low demand from carriers. In November, Emirates will receive the last three As produced, marking the end of an era for the double-decker jet.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. During the s, Airbus' AB was the new kid in the world of commercial airliners. By the early s, Airbus was in a much different position. Its narrow-body A family, which helped pioneer civilian fly-by-wire technology, was well on its way to becoming the second-best-selling jetliner in history. At the same time, the company unveiled its new A The two jets offered viable alternatives to Boeing's and wide-bodies. But Airbus has set its sights on a bigger target Airbus wanted to produce an aircraft even bigger than Boeing's latest jumbo jet — with lower operating costs.
The result was a double-decker concept called the A3XX. The A3XX would eventually morph into the A superjumbo. The A is built in a 1. A key A innovation is the use of an electronic library to largely replace the traditional paper documentation used by pilots.
This library allows flight and maintenance crews to easily locate relevant operational information in the various flight manuals, lists and logbooks, while enabling an optimisation of performance and weight-and-balance computations. This is incorporated into the new generation of aircraft. Airbus introduced its innovative Brake-to-Vacate technology on the A, allowing flight crews to more effectively manage approach and landing by pre-selecting the optimum runway exit.
This technology has also been incorporated on A aircraft. The A's main instrument panel incorporates eight identical and interchangeable liquid crystal display units, providing a primary flight display, navigation display, two multi-function displays with cursor control provided through a trackball, an engine warning display and a systems display.
This offers a significant reduction in weight and provides advanced fatigue and damage resistance characteristics. For example, the A's sidestick control — introduced with full fly-by-wire by Airbus on the A is the same distance from the throttle as on other Airbus passenger aircraft.
Braking: The Brake-to-Vacate system helps ease airport congestion and reduce the amount of time an aircraft remains on the runway. Prior to that, the Airbus A had a complex gestation which at one time involved a joint study with Boeing on a seat Very Large Commercial Transport. At one time, Airbus even considered a flying wing design for the A, but this was abandoned for more traditional configurations which led eventually to the current oval double-deck section. The Airbus A made its first transatlantic flight to Medellin, Colombia, on 10 January to test engine performance at high airport altitude.
Read more about the history of Airbus A in the Flight Archive. Comings and Goings: An A Update. Airbus A Tails. External links: Airbus A
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