Airlines are, after all, businesses, and they need to generate revenue while minimizing costs in order to thrive. For this reason, especially for carriers with large fleets, even a small difference in ...

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 ...

The once-written-off colossus experiences a new spike in value, airline resurrection and second-hand airframes drive the A380 ...

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

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 ...