Can the Airbus A380 'superjumbo' outlive the Boeing 747 'jumbo jet'? The answer depends somewhat on how that question is answered. The A380 is designed with an operational lifespan of around 25 ...

Three airlines will fly the 747: Air China ( whose jumbos have returned to Washington Dulles and will do so to New York JFK ) ...

While the Airbus A380 ultimately surpassed it in sheer size and capacity, the 747 is widely regarded as the more successful and versatile of the two. The largest iteration of the Boeing 747 ...

You'd be hard-pressed to forget a ride on the Airbus A380 ... seats than the world's second-largest aircraft, Boeing's 747-8. As such, the A380 is so heavy that it requires four engines to ...