In a surprise announcement, Lufthansa announced this week the return of the Airbus A380. Its return to a not-yet-post-COVID world is shocking, especially as its longtime rival, the Boeing 747, is being smelted down to make credit cards.
The double-decker superjumbo is one of the largest commercial aircraft in the world, especially since the unfortunate destruction of Ukraine’s Antonov-225. Certainly the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 is 73 meters long and 24 meters high. Lufthansa’s version can seat 509 passengers.
But Lufthansa had announced the aircraft’s retirement in 2020, as newer twin-engine widebodies like the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 were less costly to
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