Airasia Airbus A380. The then designated a3xx project was presented in 1994. Airbus studies started in 1988 and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the boeing 747 in the long haul market.
Long before the a380 was even a concept at airbus boeing had built and developed the 747. To date airbus industrie the european manufacturer has received 251 firm orders. Boeing never went head to head with airbus after the latter rolled out the a380.
The airbus a380 the world s biggest commercial aircraft went into service on oct 2007 with singapore airlines.
It is configured with 180 standard economy class seats. The airasia airbus a320 200 is the workhorse of the airline s fleet. Airbus launched the 9 5 billion 10 7 billion a380 programme on 19 december 2000. The then designated a3xx project was presented in 1994.
