NO.10 Airbus A330-300

Airbus A330-300 flew in November, 1992, and began to operate at the end of 1993. It can adapt to the flight of most routes, and the operating cost of the aircraft is low. At the same time, the cabin layout is optimized, which greatly improves the ride comfort.

As the longest-range twin-engine aircraft among Airbus aircraft in service, A330 series has more than 70 customers and operators all over the world, among which the main customers are Turkish Airlines, China International Airlines, China Eastern Airlines (CEA), China Southern Airlines (ZNH) and Cathay Pacific.

Aircraft parameters

The voyage is 11,300 kilometers.

Standard seating capacity of x300 (Class 2 cabin)

The maximum takeoff weight is 230.0(242.0) tons.

Wingspan 60.30 meters

The total length is 63.69 meters

The cabin length is 50.35 meters.

The height is 16.83 meters

The maximum fuel quantity is 97,530 liters.

NO.9 Airbus A340-300

Airbus A340-300 is a high-capacity A340 with a standard capacity of 295 passengers. It made its first flight on October 25, 1991, and was delivered to Air France on February 26, 1993 and put into operation.

The A340-300 also has a nickname called five APUs. The reason for this nickname is that the engine thrust of A340-300 is too small, which is equivalent to hanging four APUs (auxiliary power devices) on the body, and because the aircraft itself has an APU, it is nicknamed five APUs.

Aircraft parameters

The voyage is 13,500 (13,700) kilometers.

Standard seating capacity 295 (level 3) 335 (level 2)

The maximum takeoff weight is 275 tons.

Wingspan 60.3 meters

The cabin length is 50.35 meters.

The fuselage length is 60.6m.

The height is 16.7 meters

Maximum tank capacity (liter) 141,500

NO.8 Airbus A340-500

Airbus A340-500 is one of Airbus A340 series models produced by Airbus Company. Airbus A340-500, which focuses on voyage, claims to be the longest civil aviation aircraft in the world, capable of flying 16,000 kilometers without stopping.

The first flight was completed in February 2002, and it has been put into use.

Singapore Airlines uses A340-500 to operate a direct flight from Singapore to Newark International Airport, New Jersey, USA. The whole journey takes 18 hours, which is the longest non-stop commercial route in the world.

However, the premise is that the flight reduces the passenger and cargo capacity and adds additional fuel.

Aircraft parameters

The fuselage length is 67.9 meters.

The fuselage width is 5.64m.

Wingspan 63.45 meters

Height 17.1 meters

The cabin length is 53.56 meters.

The maximum cabin width is 5.28m.

The standard three-class cabin layout carries 313 passengers.

Maximum tank capacity (liter) 214,400

The voyage is 16,100 kilometers

NO.7 Airbus A350-900

A350-900 is a long-range wide-body aircraft with twin-engine turbofans developed and produced by Airbus. It adopts a typical three-class cabin layout and can carry 325 passengers. In terms of aircraft performance, a large number of technologies developed and applied for A380 and innovations in production have been adopted, with a maximum range of 15,000 kilometers.

Airbus A350 series aircraft are mainly used for direct competition with Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft.

Aircraft parameters

Type: Twin-engine medium-sized long-range wide-body aircraft

Number of seats: three-class cabin layout, which can carry 300 people.

Voyage: 13,900 kilometers (7,500 miles). The maximum range is 15,000 kilometers.

Cabin layout: Class III cabin layout.

Fuselage length: 66.80m.

Wingspan: 64.75 meters

Flight speed: Mach 0.82 (maximum Mach 0.86)

Power plant: Rolls-Royce new generation Trent XWB-84

Equipped with: "anti-fishbone" layout fully flat seat

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi service is available.

NO6 Boeing 777-200

Boeing 777 is a long-range twin-engine wide-body passenger plane manufactured by Boeing Company of the United States, and it is the largest twin-engine wide-body passenger plane in the world at present. The third-class cabin has a capacity of 283 to 368 passengers and a voyage of 5,235 nautical miles to 9,450 nautical miles (9,695 to 17,500 kilometers).

British Airways, Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Singapore Airlines are its main customers.

Aircraft parameters

Seats 305-550

Engine Pratt & Whitney PW4000

The maximum range is 9650 kilometers.

The maximum takeoff weight is 247.21 tons.

Wingspan 60.90 meters

The machine length is 63.70 meters.

The cabin width is 5.86m.

The height is 18.50 meters

Cruise speed is 905 km/h

NO5 Airbus A340-600

Airbus A340-600 is the largest model of Airbus A340 series.

The total length of the fuselage is 75.3 meters, second only to the length of Boeing 747-8(76.4 meters) and Boeing 777-9x(76.7 meters), making it the third longest passenger plane in the world. It is more than 10m longer than Airbus A340-300 and 4m longer than Boeing 747-400. At the same time, it is also one of the longest commercial jets in the aviation industry.

The main operators are Lufthansa and Mahan Air.

Aircraft parameters

The fuselage length is 75.3 meters.

The fuselage width is 5.64m.

Wingspan 63.45 meters

Height 17.3 meters

The cabin is 61 meters long.

The maximum cabin width is 5.28m.

The standard three-class cabin layout carries 380 passengers.

The standard two-class cabin layout carries 419 passengers.

Power plant 4 sets RR Trent 556

Maximum takeoff weight (ton) 368

Maximum tank capacity (liter) 195,880

The voyage is 14,360 kilometers (7,750 nautical miles)

NO4 Boeing 777-300

Boeing 777-300 is an extended version of Boeing 777-200 twin-engine aircraft.

It was officially launched on October 29, 1990. On June 12, 1994, Boeing 777-200 made its first flight. On April 19, 1995, it obtained the joint airworthiness certificate of FAA and Europe in type certificate. On May 17, 1995, the first aircraft was delivered to users.

Emirates is the world's largest Boeing 777 operator, of which 131 777-300 aircraft are in service.

Aircraft parameters

Length 73.90 m

Wingspan 60.90 m

Height 18.50 m

The cabin width is 5.86 m.

Maximum number of seats 550

Typical number of seats 368

The cruising range is 11135 km.

The maximum takeoff weight is 297,550kg.

The maximum fuel capacity is 171,170 liters and 181,280 liters.

NO3 Boeing 747-400

Boeing 747-400 is a four-engine long-range wide-fuselage transport plane and wide-fuselage passenger plane produced by Boeing Company, which adopts double-deck cabin and unique shape design.

The 747-300 is changed from a three-person analog cockpit to a two-person digital cockpit, and only two pilots are needed to drive, so Flight Engineer is no longer needed.

Boeing 747-400 series made its first flight on April 29th, 1988, and was delivered to Northwest Airlines on February 9th, 1989. It was once the main model of Northwest Airlines.

British Airways used to be one of the main operators of Boeing 747-400, but its 747 fleet was eliminated by all due to the epidemic.

Aircraft parameters

Passenger capacity is 416 (level 3)

The length is 70.6 meters

The wingspan is 64.4m.

The height is 19.4 meters

Empty weight 178,756 kg

The maximum takeoff weight is 396,890 kg.

The required runway length for MTOW is 3,018 meters.

The endurance at full load is 13,450km.

The maximum fuel capacity is 216,840 liters.

A refueling volume of 1.7 tons.

NO2 Boeing 747-8

However, with the success of Airbus A380' s first flight and its delivery and operation, Boeing 747' s monopoly on the large-scale long-haul passenger aircraft market has been broken.

On the one hand, Boeing develops a new generation of Boeing 787, on the other hand, it starts to improve Boeing 747 and develop its extended model-Boeing 747-8. At the same time, the design has achieved the expected goals of lower fuel consumption, less emissions and quieter take-off and landing.

On March 20th, 2011, with the success of the first flight of Boeing 747-8 intercontinental airliner, Boeing won 33 orders from Korean Air and Lufthansa, as well as VIP customers.

In addition, Boeing 747-8 is also the model of the US presidential plane, and of course it also has the relationship with local enterprises.

Aircraft parameters

The total length is 76.4 meters, the wingspan is 68.5 meters and the height is 19.4 meters

The interior width of the cabin is 6.1 meters, and the layout of the third-class cabin has 467 passengers.

The maximum takeoff weight is 439,985 Jin, the maximum fuel load is 216,840 liters, and the maximum range is 14,815 kilometers.

NO1 Airbus A380-800

Airbus A380 is the latest giant passenger plane of Airbus France, and it is also the passenger plane with the highest capacity in the world.

The A380 was formally finalized in early 2001. On January 18th, 2005, the first A380 was held in the factory building of Airbus Toulouse, with the serial number of 001 and the registration number of F-WWOW. On April 27th, 2005, the first A380 was successfully tested.

On December 12, 2006, european aviation safety agency and the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States officially issued Airbus with the airworthiness certificate of A380 aircraft.

Before the outbreak, it was reported that there were about 250 Airbus A380 fleets flying 330 times a day and flying to more than 70 destinations.

However, according to the data of Flightradar24, on April 27th, 2020, the 15th anniversary of the birth of the first A380 flight, only one A380 was flying-China Southern Airlines flight from LA to Guangzhou.

Some airlines grounded their A380 fleets during the pandemic, while others withdrew them. Air France was one of the first airlines to announce the retirement of all A380.

However, due to poor sales and epidemic situation, Airbus decided to stop production of A380-800.

Aircraft parameters

The length is 72.73 meters

Wingspan 79.75 meters

The fuselage height is 8.41 meters.

The fuselage width is 7.14m.

The altitude of the plane is 24.45 meters.

The wing area is 845m2.

Engine room width (upper floor) 6.58m

Upper layer 5.92m

The maximum takeoff weight is 560,000 kg.

There are 555 passengers (class 3 cabin layout), 644 passengers (class 2 cabin layout) and 853 passengers (class 1 cabin layout).

The maximum load is 90,800 kg.

The cruising range is 15,100 kilometers.

Flying at an altitude of 13,100 meters