At present, the world's largest passenger plane with the highest passenger capacity is Airbus A380, referred to as Airbus A380 for short. Eighteen years ago today, January 18th, 2005, the first A380 passenger plane was delivered at Toulouse factory on January 18th, 2005. On October 25th, 2007, Airbus A380 was officially put into operation. A total of 251 Airbus A380s were produced. On December 16th, 2021, the last Airbus A380s were delivered to Emirates Airlines.

Airbus A380 is a real double-decker passenger plane, with a double-decker cabin from beginning to end. It can carry up to 556 passengers in the third-class cabin layout and 856 passengers in the single economy class layout, making it a "big MAC in the air" in civil aviation. In 2011, China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. successively introduced five Airbus A380, the registration numbers of which were B-6136, B-6137, B-6138, B-6139 and B-6140. However, with the increasing number of point-to-point direct flights on international routes, Airbus A380' s advantages of large passenger capacity and being suitable for hub transit are gradually weakening, and its high fuel consumption also brings some losses. On December 21, 2022, the last two Airbus A380 planes were transferred and left Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, officially retiring.

Airbus A380 has brought a wonderful ride experience to tourists from all over the world, and its beautiful shadow once appeared on commemorative coins.

In 2017, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the first commercial flight of Airbus A380, France issued the "(Airbus) A380" gold and silver commemorative coin, which belongs to the "Aviation and History" series. The picture shows a silver coin of 10 euros, with an Airbus A380 flying above the clouds on the front, with the outline of the earth's terrain and the background of latitude and longitude lines, and the year number and the words "2007-369 tons -544 passengers" printed. On the back, the pattern is the image of two pilots, lined with silhouettes of various types of aircraft that have appeared in the history of the earth and aviation, and decorative lines symbolizing flight paths, and the words "RF", denomination and "aviation and history" of the country name are printed. The silver coin weighs 22.2 grams, the fineness is 90%, the diameter is 37 mm, and the circulation is 3,000 pieces.

In 2020, Austria issued a commemorative silver coin "Above the Clouds", which belongs to the "reach for the sky" series. On the front, the graphic elements such as Vickers VC.1 Viking, palm trees, Golden Gate Bridge and Statue of Liberty are included to show the concept of long-distance travel, and the words "Republic of Austria", denomination and year number are published. The picture on the back shows the scene of Airbus A380 landing at the airport, and the words "Airbus A380" are published. The silver coin weighs 22.42 grams, has a fineness of 0.925, a diameter of 34 mm, a denomination of 20 euros and a circulation of 30,000 pieces.