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Airplanes
have revolutionised transport system with greater capacity to carry
passengers and being the fastest mean of transport. Airplanes play a
major role in military operations and in airlifting of cargos and humans
to distant places around the world in very less time. With bigger size
of aircrafts, it is possible to carry more passengers and more cargos.
The aircrafts listed here are so huge that the airports were to be
renovated so as to accommodate them.
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Airbus A340-500
This aircraft developed and produced by the European aerospace company
Airbus is a long-range, wide body commercial passenger jet airliner. The
plane has four high-bypass turbofan engines and three-bogie main landing
gears as distinctive features. It has a range of up to 9,000 nautical
miles helps in long non-stop route operations. This aircraft can seat up
to 375 passengers. Lufthansa and Air France are the biggest operators of
this model. |
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Airbus A350-900
It is a long-range, twin engine wide body jet airliner developed by
European manufacturer Airbus. The aircraft’s both fuselage and wing
structures made primarily of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer. As the
member of A350 XWB family of aircrafts, this airplane offers comfort for
passengers and optimum revenue potential and operating efficient to the
operators. It accommodates 325 passengers in a standard three-class
arrangement. The unit cost of this aircraft is about US$308.1 million
and the well renowned Qatar Airways are its primary users. |
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Boeing 777-300
Boeing Commercial Airplanes have developed and manufactured this
long-range wide-body twin engine jet airliner. It is the world’s largest
twinjet and has a seating capacity of about 386 passengers in standard
three-class arrangement. It is powered by GE90, Pratt &Whitney PW4000 or
Rolls Royce Trent 800 engines. Being more fuel-efficient than other
wide-body jets, this model is one of Boeing’s Best Selling aircraft
models. |
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Antonov An-22
It is a military transport, strategic airlifter aircraft designed by the
Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It is the world’s largest
turbo-pop powered aircraft ever. There are four turboprop engines each
driving a couple of contra-rotating propellers. Currently, this airplane
has seen widespread use in several military and humanitarian airlift
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Antonov An-124
It is a transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in
Ukraine. It is the largest military transport aircraft in the world and
one of the world’s highest aircraft gross weight production cargo
airplanes. Its NATO reporting name is Condor which is used in the rescue
and airlifting operations. The plane’s unit cost is about US$70-100
million. Presently it is being operated by Antonov airlines and
Volga-Dnepr Airlines.
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Airbus A340-600
This is a long-range, wide-body, four-engine commercial passenger jet
airliner produced by the European Aerospace company Airbus in 1993. It
has a range of 7,900 nautical miles and is powered by four Rolls-Royce
Trent 500 engines. It has a fuel-saving Aerodynamic design with weight
saving composite structures. The plane offers the operators unparalleled
space, comfort with a seating capacity of 350 passengers in the typical
three-class arrangement and about 475 in high density seating.
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Boeing 747-400
This wide body, commercial jetliner often recognised by the distinctive
upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft. It is the most common
passenger version of Boeing 747. This aircraft has a high-subsonic
cruise speed of Mach 0.85 with a range of 7,670 nautical miles. It can
accommodate 416 passengers in a standard three-class layout and about
660 passengers in a high-density one-class arrangement. British Airways
are the largest operators of this model. The unit cost of this aircraft
is about US$234 million.
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Boeing 747-8i
It is a wide-body commercial jet airliner developed and produced by
Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It has lengthened fuselage, redesigned
wings than the predecessors of 747 family. It has a passenger capacity
of 467 in a three class arrangement. It has a range of about 8000
Nautical miles and a cruising speed of Mach 0.855. It is the largest
commercial aircraft built in the United States. The unit cost of the
airplane is about US$ 379 million.
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