From wooden seaplanes built in the 1940s to the aircraft making space travel possible, we've taken a look at some of the world's most gigantic planes and the astonishing stories behind them.

We poked around the iconic and supersonic French-Anglo jet and marvelled at its pokey interior and pointy nose before time-slipping to the Airbus A380, the modern big bird that’s the world ...

The luxury Airbus A380 saw a pretty short flight in international airports, but could be making a comeback in a huge way.

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 years ...

British Airways is a rarity in Europe in that it operates the Airbus A380. Indeed, as it stands, it is one of just two airlines from the continent to do so, with German carrier Lufthansa being the ...

2 Auxiliary Fuel Tanks (ACTs) for over 4000 nm of range non-stop (Middle East to Europe - Europe to US East Coast – Asia to Middle East) ...

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The six-seat variant boasts a 1.13m² per-passenger seating area, which the automaker said is comparable to the first-class cabin of an Airbus A380, with a 1,000mm second-row legroom and 940mm ...