@ San Francisco, CA
November 2023
This British Airways A380 taxies for departure from SFO for a long overnight flight to Heathrow. The A380 is the world’s largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck airliner. Initially named Airbus A3XX, the A380 made its first flight in April 2005 and began commercial service with British Airways in 2013. In 2015, British Airways inaugurated service to SFO with the A380. The A380’s tail, at 45 ft high and 42 ft long at the root, is the largest commercial aircraft tailfin. On 17 March 2021, the final Airbus A380 (manufacturing serial number 272) made its maiden flight from Toulouse to Hamburg for cabin outfitting before being delivered to Emirates.