Largest airplanes in the world: These jumbo aircrafts are mostly used for both transporting heavy cargo loads and passengers. Most of the planes were originally designed for military purposes, and had significant projects or programs for the duration of quite a few years before being launched for maiden flight, and then commercial service (usually in the following year). There were large orders and purchases made from various airlines for these popular planes. The top 3 international airlines within the same region are Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad Airways who were large buyers.
Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa Airlines are also common airlines that run these gigantic planes along different routes.
Boeing and Airbus are the top competitors worldwide for building enormous aircrafts that are cost and fuel efficient, carry heavier payloads, and travel longer distances at high speeds while expanding on the maximum passenger seat capacity. Each plane has its own name and version number, unique features and history of how and where it was created, for what original purpose or mission, set of specs, etc. Some details of each plane vary by wingspan measurement, length and width, maximum cruising speed, number of engines, price per unit cost, etc. Boeing is known to have been recognized as the world’s number 1 largest manufacturer for at least three consecutive years starting in 2011. The company sold billions in commercial net orders.
Frequent flyers are probably more familiar with the names of airlines when booking flights than the exact version or model of the plane they will be flying on. Some passengers flying internationally have limited choices for a one-stop flight. Hopefully by 2020 – 2030, there will be a wider range of options to select from within international airlines for travel.
To find out the ranking of the top 15 largest planes in the world and some interesting factoids on comparing the different versions of large aircrafts, continue reading…
13. Boeing 767
Some stand-out features of the Boeing 767 are the glass cockpit and twin jets. It was first launched in July 1978 with United Airlines, followed by American Airlines and then Delta Airlines. The 767 is known as 1 of the 4 wide-body airplanes (in the same class/family as the famous 787 Dreamliner) that sold in large numbers in 2014 – a total of 723 deliveries and thousands of orders in 2014. It is also currently a popular freighter for FedEx, for which Boeing promised a 25 percent higher production for number of new planes starting in the 4th quarter of 2017.
The maximum passenger seat capacity holds 269 in the two-class configuration, and the maximum cruising speed is 540 mph. The advantage of this version is that it burns less fuel and less oxides for all types of emissions.
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