French Airplane Manufacturer Giant AIRBUS revealed their latest project, the A390. It will be the largest Passenger Jumbo jet and first ever 3 Decker Jet.
The Airbus 390 will come in two variants, one is A390-800 and the other -900.
A390-800 will be a 3 Decker aircraft and A390-900 will be a 2 Deckers aircraft, but these variants are not finalized yet and can be changed as the project evolves.
- Airbus 390 has a capacity to carry 1000 passengers at once to there destination.
An average train carries less than a 1000 passengers. yes, that's true A390 can carry more passengers than an average size train.
Normally passengers train has 13 coaches and it can go up to 24to 26 in some of the popular trains but an averagely sized train has 13 coaches. 1 coach has 72 seats so 13 coaches will have 936 passengers.
It will have 6 Rolls Royce jet engines.
At once it can fly for 7500 miles without stopping.
The Aircraft is so huge that it will need 1.2 miles (1.9 Km) runway for it to take off and landing.
As of now, the launch date is still unconfirmed. Lufthansa (German airline company) will be the launch customer and it has order 1 aircraft
Emirates will be the largest user of Airbus A390 and it has ordered 190 aircraft.
Last but not least, What do you guys think about this? Did you expect the A390 to look this?
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