Soaring Heavyweight -Part2

Soaring heavyweight
That aircraft that evolved from the dreams of conceptual designers in Airbus Industrie offices spread across France,Germany, Britain and Spain is made up of more than 4 million components from 1500 companies in30 countries
These parts,manufactured to exacting tolerances, meshbin one gigantic Meccan-like chain for final assembly in the idyllic southern French city of Toulse.Each A380 thatvrolls our of assembly hangar has a $US414.4 million price tag,although an order for several is reported to attract discounts of at least 15 percent.
The first A380 prototype made its maiden flight from toulse on April 27,2005 and entered revenue service with Singapore Airlines on the Singapore-Sydney Route in October2007.

Soaring Heavy Weight

      The A380,more than any other commercial airliner,exemplifies the dream,ingenuity, long range planning and advanced technologies that were required in the 20th century to create the mass air transport of the 21st.
     The result is a flying behemoth:
the world's biggest and first full length commercial double decker,capable of seating up to 853 passengers in an all economy class configuration.
    Yet,rather than cramming in that many seats, airlines are taking advantage of the A380's extra floor space (almost 50 percent more than B747) to offer a range of new business and first class accouterments that have lifted the bar in air travel-seats that convert into flat beds,lounges and five star food and beverage services.
    One airline has embraced the A380 to take luxury travel to even greater heights. Etihad introduced aircraft configured to provide eight first class Apartments and single Residence on the Abu Dhabi -London route in December.
The residence is effectively a private VIP cabin consisting of three rooms fitted with a lounge, dining table with 2 chairs,double bed and private en suite shower with 4 minute flow of water.The opening  price  one way was London -Dubai fare around 25000$.

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