Airlines

Airbus A380: Why It Still Amazes

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Emirates Airbus A380 celebration entering service

Meet the Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is the biggest passenger jet ever built, offering showers, full-size beds, and a two-deck cabin that can seat up to 853 people in an all-economy layout. Typical three-class cabins carry about 555 travelers and feel more like a flying hotel than an aircraft. Vision Takes Flight Jean Pierson, … Read more

Pan Am History: From Key West Mail Runs to 747 Jumbo Jets

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Pan Am Boeing 747

In just 122 years, aviation has gone from fabric-covered planes to twin-aisle jets that keep four percent of the world’s economy humming. No airline tells stories like Pan American Airways, the upstart that turned mail runs into global travel. 1. Kitty Hawk to Havana (1903-1928) The Wright brothers flew for 12 seconds in 1903 in … Read more

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