
The Airbus A380-800, the world's largest passenger airliner, represented the pinnacle of commercial aviation engineering with its unprecedented double-deck configuration. First flown in 2005, it was a wide-body, four-engine aircraft capable of carrying 850 passengers in high-density configuration across two full-length passenger decks. Measuring over 238 feet in length with a wingspan exceeding 261 feet, the massive aircraft required specially modified airport infrastructure to accommodate its size. Despite its technological achievements, only 254 examples were manufactured by Airbus between 2002 and 2021.
View in Encyclopedia| HEX CODE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | — | 095 | United Kingdom | 40688B | |
| British Airways | — | 121 | United Kingdom | 40688C | |
| British Airways | — | 124 | United Kingdom | 40688D | |
| British Airways | — | 144 | United Kingdom | 406A03 | |
| British Airways | — | 148 | United Kingdom | 406a04 | |
| British Airways | — | 151 | United Kingdom | 406A05 | |
| British Airways | — | 161 | United Kingdom | 406B20 | |
| British Airways | — | 163 | United Kingdom | 406B21 | |
| British Airways | — | 173 | United Kingdom | 406B22 | |
| British Airways | — | 192 | United Kingdom | 406D1A | |
| British Airways | — | 194 | United Kingdom | 406EC9 | |
| British Airways | — | 215 | United Kingdom | 406EC7 |
G-XLEA
British Airways
S/N: 095United KingdomHex: 40688B
G-XLEB
British Airways
S/N: 121United KingdomHex: 40688C
G-XLEC
British Airways
S/N: 124United KingdomHex: 40688D
G-XLED
British Airways
S/N: 144United KingdomHex: 406A03
G-XLEE
British Airways
S/N: 148United KingdomHex: 406a04
G-XLEF
British Airways
S/N: 151United KingdomHex: 406A05
G-XLEG
British Airways
S/N: 161United KingdomHex: 406B20
G-XLEH
British Airways
S/N: 163United KingdomHex: 406B21
G-XLEI
British Airways
S/N: 173United KingdomHex: 406B22
G-XLEJ
British Airways
S/N: 192United KingdomHex: 406D1A
G-XLEK
British Airways
S/N: 194United KingdomHex: 406EC9
G-XLEL
British Airways
S/N: 215United KingdomHex: 406EC7