Stunning images of Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS.

It is the world's largest passenger airliner and due to its size, many airports have had to expand their facilities to properly accommodate it.

Designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market, the A380 made its maiden flight on April 27, 2005, and entered initial commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines.

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An Airbus is parked at the EADS factory in Toulouse, France, before flying via Singapore to Sydney.

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An Airbus is parked at the EADS factory Toulouse, France, before flying via Singapore to Sydney.

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A view of inside the first-class twin cabin section of the Singapre Airlines Airbus A380 in Toulouse, France.

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A view of inside the business-class section of the Singapre Airlines Airbus A380 in Toulouse, France.

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A view of inside the business-class section of the Singapre Airlines Airbus A380 in Toulouse, France.

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A view of inside the business-class section of the Singapre Airlines Airbus A380 in Toulouse, France.

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The interior view of the first Airbus A380 Superjumbo is seen as it leaves the Airbus Toulouse factory to join Singapore Airline fleet in Toulouse, France.

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Visitor Josefine Loeffler tests a business-class seat of the Airbus A380 during a stop at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport following a route-proving flight in Munich, Germany.

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The first-class seats of the Airbus A380 are seen during a stop at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport in Munich, Germany.

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Frank Chapman, experimental test pilot of Airbus, sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A380 parked at Frankfurt airport, Germany.

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The business-class section in an Airbus A380 is pictured at Frankfurt airport, Germany.

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Members of the media tour the double-decker Lufthansa Airbus A380 after it arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City.

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A reporter sits in a first-class seat of the double-decker Lufthansa Airbus A380 after it arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City.

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Members of the media tour the Airbus A380, a double-decker plane flown by Lufthansa, after it arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City.

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Airbus A380 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, California.

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Airbus A380, flown by Lufthansa, lands at JFK International Airport in New York City.

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Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, sits at the terminal after landing at Heathrow Airport in London, England.

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Airbus A380 passenger jet flies over Schoenefeld Airport during the ILA Berlin Air Show, Germany. ILA is Germany's biggest air show.

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Airbus A380 passenger jet arrives at Schoenefeld Airport during the ILA Berlin Air Show, Germany. The Airbus A380 stands almost 240ft long and eight storeys high, with the potential to carry upto 900 hundred passengers at one time.

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Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial airliner, arrives from Toulouse, France, to Hamburg, Germany.

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Airbus Industrie, part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, displays the lounge in the economy-class on the A380 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Airbus Industrie, part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, displays the lounge in the economy-class on the A380 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Airbus Industrie, part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, displays the business-class interior on the A380 in Hamburg, Germany.

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A view of the lounge inside the world's biggest passenger plane, Airbus A380.

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A view of the world's biggest passenger airliner's, Airbus A380's, cockpit.

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A stewardess adjusts a pillow in the business-class section of an Emirates Airbus A380 at the ILA Berlin Air Show, Germany.

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Visitors look at the business-class section of an Emirates Airbus A380 at the ILA Berlin Air Show, Germany.

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Visitors walk by a stewardess at the bar in the first-class section of an Emirates Airbus A380 at the ILA Berlin Air Show, Germany.

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The world's biggest passenger aeroplane, Airbus A380, is pictured flying high above the clouds.