The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest commercial jet equipped with four engines that give the superjumbo some impressive performance capabilities. The A380’s two engine options – the Engine Alliance GP7000 or Rolls-Royce Trent 900 – can deliver around 75,000 pounds of thrust (lbf) per engine to power the huge 72.72-meter-long widebody. The Trent 900 engine had been in the works for a proposed Boeing 747 variant but switched over to the A380 program, while Engine Alliance was a 50/50 joint venture setup for the same reason between leading enginemakers GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney.
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