A mid-flight engine failure forced an Air France A380 jet with more than 500 passengers on board to turn back to the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan where it landed without further incident early Sunday.

There was a moment, not so long ago, when the Airbus A380 seemed destined for aviation’s attic. Production had ended, orders had dried up, and the pande ...

Few aircraft are as capable as the massive Airbus A380, and yet the aircraft is one of the hardest to turn a profit operating. The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger aircraft and the only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The last A380 rolled out of the Airbus plant in Toulouse, ...

Emirates owns nearly 10 times as many Airbus A380s as any other airline.Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images It took decades to develop the Airbus A380. The world's largest passenger ...

You'd be hard-pressed to forget a ride on the Airbus A380. The largest commercial airplane since its first passenger flight in 2007, it is the world's only full-length double-decker commercial ...