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History of The World's Largest Passenger Plane: Airbus-A380

 INTRODUCTION: (A380 Sustainable Flight) The A380 is a large double decker wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by the European aircraft manufacturer  Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger plane. History:  Airbus started it's studies in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. Furthermore the project was designated by 1994, by 2000 Airbus had launched the A380 programe which cost $10.7 Billion. The first prototype was unveiled in 2005 and due to some wiring problem it delayed it's first delivery till 2007 to Singapore Airlines. (Singapore Airlines A380 First Delivery 15 years ago) Deliveries & the Last Order: After the product launch Airbus continued with it's deliveries which peaked at 30 aircrafts in the year 2012 and 2014, remained normal in the rest years. However the largest costumer Emirates announced it's last 123rd A380 aircraft where Airbus also announced to end the