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Airbus also offered, as an option, an improved maximum take-off weight, thus providing a better payload/range performance. Maximum take-off weight is increased by 4 t (8,800 lb), to 573 t (1,263,000 lb) and the range is extended by 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi); this is achieved by reducing flight loads, partly from optimising the fly-by ...
The aircraft involved was an Airbus A380-842, [12] registration number VH-OQA, serial number 014. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] Having entered service in September 2008, it was the first A380 delivered to Qantas and had four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines; [ 19 ] it was named Nancy-Bird Walton [ nb 1 ] in honour of an Australian aviation pioneer.
The largest commercial aircraft in the world, the Airbus A380, made its inaugural arrival at DFW in September 2014 and was handled at Terminal D. [38] From 2004 to 2012, DFW was one of two US Army "Personnel Assistance Points" that received US troops returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for rest and recuperation.
Qantas Airways (QUBSF) suspended all flights of Airbus A380s after one of its planes was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure. The A380 fleet will remain grounded "until we ...
Two piers of extendable capacity and gates facilities serving domestic and international traffic on contact and remote stands. The main building and the piers are connected by concourses. Two of the gates are equipped to handle Airbus A380 aircraft. Provisions for a third pier are in the planning stages.
Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, HFB and its Finkenwerder facility eventually became part of Airbus. Between April 2006 and July 2007, the runway was extended at the southern end, increasing its length from 2,684 m to 3,183 m, in order to accommodate the then planned freight version of the Airbus A380. [9]
The runways were expanded to accommodate the Airbus A380 which came into service in 2007. [32] In 2009, it was announced that the airport installed a Category III landing system , allowing planes to land in low-visibility conditions, such as fog.
The Airbus 320, carrying 105 passengers and five crew members, landed safely and everyone disembarked at a gate, according to United and the Federal Aviation Administration.