2004–present Number built 52 (as of 28 September 2010) [1] Unit cost US$ 346.3 million [2] The  Airbus A380  is a  double-deck ,  wide-body , four-engine  airliner  manufactured by the European  corporation  Airbus , a subsidiary of  EADS . The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight