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The Airbus A380 jumbo jet was so well insulated from engine noise that the pilots couldn't sleep during their rest periods as they could hear every crying baby, snoring passenger, and toilet flush. To combat the problem, Airbus was considering piping ambient noise back into the plane.

Airbus offered 'attractive discounts' on their A380 planes on bulk orders.Emirates got a $2.75billion discount for 50 planes,a discount of about $55 million on a single unit.

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1. An Airbus A380 has so much surface area that the paint covering the exterior can weigh up to 1000kg, or 2200 lbs

2. The wingspan of the Airbus a380 is longer than the Wrights brothers first flight

3. Etihad Airlines Airbus A380-800 have Residence Class, a 3-room suite with a private shower for $20,000 one-way.

4. An Airbus A380 weighs 400 tons, about twice what the Statue of Liberty does

5. All airplanes must be able to evacuate all of its passengers and crew within 90 seconds,the time for a standard fire to engulf the cabin. Testing passengers must be 40% female, 30% 50+, 3 carry a doll and only half the exits used. Airbus A380 only took 72s.

6. The Airbus A380 has been a commercial failure, with production already ending in 2021

7. There are plans for a 'stretch' version of the Airbus A380 which would carry up to 1000 passengers.

8. The largest passenger airplane today is the Airbus A380, which can hold 532 seated passengers.

9. Each Airbus A380 aircraft contains 330 miles of wiring

10. The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger airplane ever produced with the capacity to carry 555 passengers, a cruising speed of 903 km/h & comes with a price tag of $445 million for each plane

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If if all the wiring of the Airbus A380 were laid out end-to-end, it would be about 330 miles long (530km), or about the distance between New Orleans, Louisiana and Houston, Texas.

The Airbus A380 is seven storeys tall from the ground to the top of its tail. - source

Julian Hayward, a 38-year-old native of Great Britain, paid the highest bid in an online auction (US$100,000) for a suite on the first commercial flight of the Airbus A380. The price Hayward paid in the auction allowed his friend to have a suite on the flight as well. - source

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Wake turbulence from an Airbus A380 nearly shot a small Challenger jet into catastrophe - source

The gust alleviation system, which controls control surfaces such as the ailerons is called on the Airbus A380 "Waltz of the Ailerons" because of the dancing movements of the 3 ailerons

An Airbus A380 (676mph top speed) could theoretically outrun a Star Wars X-Wing (653mph atmospheric top speed) in a race.

The Airbus A380 creates hurricane strength winds - even a 747 must maintain a 6 nautical mile gap on takeoff and landing

Emirates airlines operates Airbus A380s on their Dubai to Kuwait city route. It's the shortest A380 route at one hour and 45 minutes.