"in 2011, and 50 planes would be made annually from 2013 onwards. In 2008-2015, it produced some parts for an Airbus A-320 and the world's-largest passenger airliner Airbus A-380. Currently, the aircraft plant creates two new aircraft, Wide-body aircraft IL-96 400M and IL-112. Voronezh Aircraft Production Association Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (, abbreviated as VASO) is one of the largest aircraft production plants in Russia. Founded in 1932 in Voronezh (as Voronezh Aviation Plant, branch registry number 18). In 2007, VASO became part of the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Notable planes built here are the An-148, Tu-28, Tu-144, Il-86,"
"for well over thirty years, some with a ""stretched"" upper deck, until the arrival of the Airbus A380 series in 2007 featuring a full-length upper deck. Both lines continue to be developed, with ever-larger variants being introduced. The largest is currently (2014) the A380-800, capable of seating up to 853 people. In order to airlift the Buran space shuttle, in 1988 Soviet Union introduced the sole Antonov An-225 Mriya (""dream""). With a (maximum takeoff weight greater than and a wing span of , it was then, and remains, the largest operational aeroplane in the world. Since the conclusion of Buran"
"passenger variant ceased by 2005 and deliveries of the A340 dropped to 11 per year, as they faced competition from more efficient and comparably capable twinjets. The modern era of quadjets was invigorated in 2005 when Airbus introduced the A380, currently the world's largest airliner. It was designed for routes with ultra-high demand, typically seating 575 passengers in two full-length decks. However, as of 2018, Airbus has only fulfilled a quarter of its initial projected figure of 1,200 sales over two decades. This can be attributed to a modern trend towards point-to-point travel using smaller but highly efficient twinjets such"
"largest airline operator , and is the only customer to have operated all 777 variants produced, including the -200, -200ER, -200LR, -300, -300ER, and 777F. The 1,000th 777 off the production line, a -300ER set to be Emirates' 102nd 777, was unveiled at a factory ceremony in March 2012. A total of 1,416 aircraft (all variants) were in airline service , with Emirates (163), United Airlines (91), Air France (70), Cathay Pacific (69), American Airlines (67), Qatar Airways (67), British Airways (58), All Nippon Airways (50), Singapore Airlines (46), and other operators with fewer aircraft of the type. In 2017,"
"flights, the Mriya has remained in service as a heavy transport. The largest aircraft of any kind flying today (2014) is the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 hybrid airship, with an internal capacity of 38,000 cubic metres and a length of 91 m. These lists show the historical progression in size for each type of craft: balloon, airship, aeroplane, rotorcraft. Hybrids are listed under the biggest component whether it be envelope length, wingspan or rotor diameter. Large aircraft Large aircraft allow the transportation of large and/or heavy payloads over long distances. Making an aircraft design larger can also improve the"
"on static display at the museum entrance. Boeing 757 The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner that was designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the manufacturer's largest single-aisle passenger aircraft and was produced from 1981 to 2004. The twinjet has a two-crew member glass cockpit, turbofan engines of sufficient power to allow takeoffs from relatively short runways and higher altitudes, a conventional tail and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Intended to replace the smaller three-engine 727 on short and medium routes, the 757 can carry 200 to 295 passengers for a"
"Boeing 747-8 The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was officially announced in 2005. The 747-8 is the third generation of the 747, with a lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings, new engines, and improved efficiency. The 747-8 is the largest 747 version, the largest commercial aircraft built in the United States, and the longest passenger aircraft in the world. The 747-8 is offered in two main variants: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passengers and the 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) for cargo. The first 747-8F performed the model's maiden flight on February 8, 2010, with the"
"Boeing 757 The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner that was designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the manufacturer's largest single-aisle passenger aircraft and was produced from 1981 to 2004. The twinjet has a two-crew member glass cockpit, turbofan engines of sufficient power to allow takeoffs from relatively short runways and higher altitudes, a conventional tail and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Intended to replace the smaller three-engine 727 on short and medium routes, the 757 can carry 200 to 295 passengers for a maximum of , depending on variant. The"
"as a VIP transport. In July 2018, 742 aircraft were in airline service: 73 -200s, 632 -300 and 37 -400 with 65 -300F on order; the largest operators are Delta Air Lines (77), FedEx (60; largest cargo operator), UPS Airlines (59), United Airlines (51), Japan Airlines (35), All Nippon Airways (34). The type's competitors included the Airbus A300 and A310. The largest customers are Delta Air Lines with 117 orders, FedEx Express (119), All Nippon Airways (96), American Airlines (88) and United Airlines (82). Delta and United are the only customers of all -200, -300 and -400 passenger variants. In"
"Airlines from San Francisco to Singapore. As of October 2018, Singapore Airlines currently operates the world's longest flight by distance from Singapore to Newark at 15,357 kilometres (8,292 nmi). The longest range Airbus jetliner in service is the A350 XWB Ultra Long Range, capable of flying up to . The A380 is capable of flying with 544 passengers. The A350-900 can fly with 325 passengers. The longest range Boeing airliner in service is the 777-200LR Worldliner, which can cover with 317 passengers. The announced B777-8X will be capable of flying with 365 passengers. New airliners like the A330neo, A350 and"
"noise. Improvements studied included raked wingtips similar to those used on the 767-400ER and a sawtooth engine nacelle for noise reduction. Although the 747-400XQLR did not move to production, many of its features were used for the 747 Advanced, which has now been launched as the 747-8. , 462 Boeing 747s are in airline service, with British Airways being the largest operator with 36 747-400s. The last US passenger Boeing 747 was retired from Delta Air Lines in December 2017, after it flew for every American major carrier since its 1970 introduction. Delta flew three of its last four aircraft"
"These are the 767 variants currently in production: The Boeing 777 is a large-size, long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner. The 777-300ER, the current passenger variant in production, is capable of carrying 386 passengers in a typical 3-class configuration, has a range of and a cruising speed Mach 0.84 (554 mph, 892 km/h, 482 kn). Production of this plane began in 1993. These are the 777 variants currently in production: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a mid-size, long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner. The current passenger variants in production, are capable of carrying 242–290 passengers in a typical 2-class configuration, have a"
"the 777, a larger wide-body twinjet. In the 1990s, the 767 became the most frequently used airliner for transatlantic flights between North America and Europe. The 767 is the first twinjet wide-body type to reach 1,000 aircraft delivered. , Boeing has received 1,224 orders for the 767 from 74 customers with 1,118 delivered. A total of 742 of these aircraft were in service in July 2018. The most popular variant is the 767-300ER with 583 delivered. Delta Air Lines is the largest operator with 77 aircraft. Competitors have included the Airbus A300, A310, and A330-200. Non-passenger variants of the 767"
"Skytrax. It is the largest airline to hold this title. On 17 October 2011, China Southern Airlines made its first flight with the Airbus A380. Initially, the airline deployed the A380s on domestic routes, flying between Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. At the same time, the carrier conducted negotiations to commence A380 international services. Due to the government-imposed limitation which confined an international route to a single airline, China Southern in August 2012 announced its intention to initiate Beijing-Paris services in cooperation with Air China, pending government approval. Two months later, the A380 was deployed on Guangzhou-Los Angeles services."
"Boeing 777 The Boeing 777 (""Triple Seven"") is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity of 314 to 396 passengers, with a range of . Commonly referred to as the ""Triple Seven"", its distinguishing features include the large–diameter turbofan engines, long raked wings, six wheels on each main landing gear, fully circular fuselage cross-section, and a blade-shaped tail cone. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, the 777 was designed to replace older wide-body airliners and bridge the capacity difference between Boeing's"
"from 10. There were 223 A350 aircraft in service with 24 operators . Airbus A350 XWB The Airbus A350 XWB is a family of long-range, twin-engine wide-body jet airliners developed by European aerospace manufacturer Airbus. The A350 is the first Airbus aircraft with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon fibre reinforced polymer. Its variants seat 280 to 366 passengers in typical three-class seating layouts. The A350 is positioned to succeed the A340 and to compete with the Boeing 787 and 777. The A350 was originally conceived in 2004 as a pairing of the A330's fuselage with new"
"747 that takes advantage of improvements in technology and aerodynamics. The two 747-8 variants feature a fuselage stretch of over the 747-400, bringing the total length to . The 747-8 is the world's longest passenger airliner, surpassing the Airbus A340-600 by . With a maximum take-off weight of , the 747-8 is the heaviest aircraft, commercial or military, manufactured in the U.S. Compared to the 747-400, the main changes have been to the wings, which have undergone a complete design overhaul. The sweep and basic structure has been kept to contain costs, but the wing is thicker and deeper, with"
"remains comparable to the width of other wide-body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin of usable floor space, 40% more than the next largest airliner, the Boeing 747-8, and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration. The A380-800 has a design range of , serving the fourth- and seventh-longest non-stop scheduled flights in the world, and a cruising speed of at cruising altitude. , Airbus had received 331 firm orders and delivered 232 aircraft; Emirates is the biggest A380 customer with 162 ordered of which 107 have"
"with a MAX 8 with deliveries of the MAX 10 starting in 2020. TUI Airways TUI Airways, formerly Thomson Airways and often referred to as TUI UK, is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The airline carried 11.2 million passengers in 2017, making it the third-largest UK airline by total passengers, after EasyJet and British Airways. The registered office is at the TUI Travel House in Crawley, West Sussex but its head office is located in Wigmore House"
"30, 2011. That day, all Continental flights began to use the ""United"" callsign in air traffic control communications which marked the end of Continental Airlines. The new United is the third largest airline in terms of fleet size, while American Airlines is the largest. The combined airline houses a fleet of over 1,280 aircraft that features a mixture of Airbus and Boeing aircraft: Airbus A319s, Airbus A320s, Boeing 737s, Boeing 747-400s, Boeing 757s, Boeing 767s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787 Dreamliners with orders of Airbus A350s. At the time of the merger with United, Continental was the fourth-largest airline in"
"Boeing would likely scrap it after they switched orders. The -8's longer wingspan makes it more efficient on stages longer than 370 km (200 nm). In December 2010, Boeing withdrew the short-haul model as it struggled to produce the 787-8 after program delays of three years. There are 675 Boeing 787 aircraft in airline service , comprising 329 787-8s and 340 787-9s and 6 787-10s. The largest operators are All Nippon Airways (62), Japan Airlines (39), American Airlines (37), United Airlines (37), Air Canada (35), Qatar Airways (30), Norwegian (28), Air India (27), Hainan Airlines (27), and other airlines operating"
"747-400F freighter. The LCF is not a Boeing production model and has not been offered for sale to any customers. The LCFs are intended for Boeing's exclusive use. In July 2018, there were 146 passenger aircraft in service. The largest operators were British Airways with 35 and Lufthansa with 13. Additionally there were 193 freighters in service, operated primarily by Atlas Air (20), Kalitta Air (20) and China Airlines (18). United Airlines made its last 747 passenger flight on November 7, 2017 from San Francisco to Honolulu, reminiscent of its first flight with United in July 1970, and in December"
"over 30 years old airliners will have been replaced by current offerings, leaving 900 aircraft aged from 15 to 25 years to be replaced: 420 A321s, 270 A330-200s, 90 B757s and 130 B767s. The largest operator of these 15 to 25 year old mid-market types is American Airlines with over 80, followed by China Southern then Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Air China and Turkish Airlines with less than 40. In June the NMA-6X was defined as a 228-passenger, airliner and the NMA-7X would seat 267 in two classes over . ICF International sees a market of 3,000-3,500 over 20"
"family, the A320neo (new engine option). The similarly lengthened fuselage A321neo variant offers new, more efficient engines, combined with airframe improvements and the addition of winglets, named ""Sharklets"" by Airbus. The aircraft delivers fuel savings of up to 15%. The A321neo carries up to 236 passengers, with a maximum range of for the long-range version carrying onboard 206 passengers. Final assembly of the aircraft takes place in Hamburg, Germany, or Mobile, Alabama. As of 30 September 2018, a total of 1,777 Airbus A321 aircraft have been delivered, of which 1,755 are in service. In addition, another 2,137 airliners are on"
"orders stand at 1,736, of which 1,427 have been delivered and 1,391 remain in operation. The largest operator is Turkish Airlines with 65 A330s in its fleet. Airbus's first airliner, the A300, was envisioned as part of a diverse family of commercial aircraft. Pursuing this goal, studies began in the early 1970s into derivatives of the A300. Before introducing the A300, Airbus identified nine possible variations designated B1 through B9. A tenth variant, the A300B10, was conceived in 1973 and developed into the longer range Airbus A310. Airbus then focused its efforts on single-aisle (SA) studies, conceiving a family of"
"first phase is complete. In April 2000, Emirates announced an order for the Airbus A3XX (later named Airbus A380), the largest widebody airliner ever built. The deal consisted of five A380-800 passenger aircraft and two freighter versions. The deal was confirmed on 4 November 2001, when Emirates announced orders for 15 more A380-800s. An additional order for 21 A380-800s was placed two years later. In April 2006, Emirates replaced its order for the two freighter variants with an order for two A380-800s. In 2007, Emirates ordered 15 A380-800s, bringing the total ordered to 58. According to Emirates, the aircraft would"
"this second United flight, there would be 3 daily nonstop flights from San Francisco to Singapore, 2 on United and 1 on Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines, however, will start nonstop flights from Singapore to Los Angeles on November 2, 2018 on an Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. The longest range Airbus jetliner in service is the A350-900ULR, which is capable of flying . The A340-500, which is capable of flying with 293 passengers. The A380 is capable of flying with 544 passengers. The regular A350-900 can fly with 325 passengers. The longest range Boeing airliner in service is the 777-200LR, which can"
"the world's largest airline), and a lesser number with ČSA, while it also saw operation with the Soviet Air Force. Its successors included the Tu-124, the Tu-134 and the Tu-154. At the beginning of the 1950s, the Soviet Union's Aeroflot airline needed a modern airliner with better capacity and performance than the piston-engined aircraft then in operation. The design request was filled by the Tupolev OKB, which based their new airliner on its Tu-16 'Badger' strategic bomber. The wings, engines, and tail surfaces of the Tu-16 were retained with the airliner, but the new design adopted a wider, pressurised fuselage"
"Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV 304/Airlander 10 The Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV 304/Airlander 10 is a hybrid airship designed and built by British manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). Comprising a helium airship with auxiliary wing and tail surfaces, it flies using both aerostatic and aerodynamic lift and is powered by four diesel engine-driven ducted propellers. The Airlander 10 is the largest aircraft flying today. The HAV 304 was originally built for the United States Army's Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) programme. In 2012, the HAV 304 conducted its maiden flight at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in the United States. In 2013, the"
"In 1953, the Ilyushin Il-14 made its first flight, and this version was equipped with much more powerful engines. The main contribution that the Soviets made in regards to airliners was the Antonov An-2. This plane is a biplane, unlike most of the other airliners, and sold more units than any other transport plane. The largest airliners are wide-body jets, also called twin-aisle aircraft because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin. Aircraft in this category are the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Airbus A300/A310, Airbus A330,"
"developed, while a longer-range version, the 767-400ERX, was offered for sale in 2000 before it was cancelled a year later, leaving the 767-400ER as the sole version of the largest 767. Boeing dropped the 767-400ER and the -200ER from its pricing list in 2014. A total of 37 aircraft were delivered to the variant's two airline customers, Continental Airlines (now merged with United Airlines) and Delta Air Lines, with no unfilled orders. All 37 examples of the -400ER were in service in July 2018. One additional example was produced as a military testbed, and later sold as a VIP transport."
"subsequent crash. There were no passenger casualties of the 300 people on board, however one airport fireman was killed fighting the fire. The aircraft's fuselage and right wing were badly damaged by the fire. Boeing 777 The Boeing 777 (""Triple Seven"") is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity of 314 to 396 passengers, with a range of . Commonly referred to as the ""Triple Seven"", its distinguishing features include the large–diameter turbofan engines, long raked wings, six wheels on each main"
"Comet, was introduced in 1952, followed by the Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 in 1956. The Boeing 707, the first widely successful commercial jet, was in commercial service for more than 50 years, from 1958 to 2010. The Boeing 747 was the world's biggest passenger aircraft from 1970 until it was surpassed by the Airbus A380 in 2005. An aeroplane (also known as an airplane or simply a plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Planes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses"