The GP7200 has a GE90-derived core and PW4090-derived fan and low-pressure turbo-machinery.Only two of the four engines are fitted with thrust reversers. The Trent 900 core is a scaled version of the Trent 500, but incorporates the swept fan technology of the stillborn Trent 8104. The Trent 900 is a derivative of the Trent 800, and the GP7000 has roots from the GE90 and PW4000. The A380 can be fitted with two types of engines: A380-841, A380-842 and A380-843F with Rolls-Royce Trent 900, and the A380-861 and A380-863F with Engine Alliance GP7000 turbofans. They include QWERTY keyboards and trackballs, interfacing with a graphical 'point-and-click' display navigation system.One or two HUD (Head Up Display) is optional. These MFDs are new with the A380, and provide an easy-to-use interface to the flight management system%u2014replacing three multifunction control and display units. These comprise two Primary Flight Displays, two navigation displays, one engine parameter display, one system display and two Multi-Function Displays. Accordingly, the A380 features an improved glass cockpit, and fly-by-wire flight controls linked to side-sticks.The improved cockpit displays feature eight 15-by-20 cm (6-by-8-inch) liquid crystal displays, all of which are physically identical and interchangeable. The A380 also features wingtip fences similar to those found on the A310 and A320 to alleviate the effects of wake turbulence, increasing fuel efficiency and performance.Īirbus used similar cockpit layout, procedures and handling characteristics to those of other Airbus aircraft, to reduce crew training costs.

This common design approach sacrifices some fuel efficiency on the A380-800 passenger model, but Airbus estimates that the size of the aircraft, coupled with the advances in technology described below, will provide lower operating costs per passenger than all current variants of Boeing 747. The A380's wing is sized for a Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) over 650 tonnes in order to accommodate these future versions, albeit with some strengthening required.The stronger wing (and structure) is used on the A380-800F freighter.

The design range for the -800 model is 15,200 km (8,200 nmi).The second model, the A380-800F freighter, will carry 150 tonnes of cargo 10,400 km (5,600 nmi).Future variants may include an A380-900 stretch seating about 656 passengers (or up to 960 passengers in an all economy configuration) and an extended range version with the same passenger capacity as the A380-800.

In May 2007, Airbus began marketing the same aircraft to customers with 30 fewer passengers (now 525 passengers in three classes) traded for 370 km (200 nmi) more range, to better reflect trends in premium class accommodation. The A380-800 was originally designed to carry 555 passengers in a three-class configuration or 853 passengers (538 on the main deck and 315 on the upper deck) in a single-class economy configuration.

Airbus a380 cockpit