Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

In classic Trump fashion, the president added that he’d be open to purchasing another plane—such as the A380—from a third ...

The A380 is designed with an operational lifespan ... much longer than it otherwise would have in commercial service. Air Force One jumbos will live past 2050 It could also be argued that the ...

Eight spoilers on each wing add aerodynamic brakes to the A380’s mechanical ones ... designed to help speed a descent: The U.S. Air Force C-17, for example, uses reverse thrust to get on ...

“The problem with the A380 is not necessarily its size ... to become the United States Air Force One presidential aircraft. They’re expected to start flying in 2029. In 2020, Japan’s ...