claim: On April 27, 2005, the Airbus A380 made its first flight.
evidence: The Airbus A380 is a double-deck , wide-body , four-engine jet airliner manufactured by European manufacturer Airbus .. double-deck. double-deck aircraft. wide-body. Wide-body aircraft. jet airliner. jet airliner. European. Europe. Airbus. Airbus. It is the world 's largest passenger airliner , and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it .. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing 's monopoly in the large-aircraft market .. Airbus. Airbus. Boeing. Boeing. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service on 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines .. Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines. The A380 's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage , with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft .. wide-body. Wide-body aircraft. fuselage. fuselage. This gives the A380-800 's cabin 550 m2 of usable floor space , 40 % more than the next largest airliner , the Boeing 747-8 , and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration .. Boeing. Boeing. cabin. Aircraft cabin. Boeing 747-8. Boeing 747-8. class. travel class. economy class. economy class. The A380-800 has a design range of 15700 km , serving the second - and third-longest non-stop scheduled flights in the world -LRB- as of February 2017 -RRB- , and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 -LRB- about 900 km / h , 560 mph or 490 kt at cruising altitude -RRB- .. range. Range ( aircraft ). cruising speed. cruising speed. Mach. Mach number. cruising altitude. cruising altitude. , Airbus had received 317 firm orders and delivered 210 aircraft ; Emirates is the biggest A380 customer with 142 ordered of which 94 have been delivered .. Airbus. Airbus. Emirates. Emirates ( airline )