The Airbus A380 is the biggest commercial passenger aircraft ever made. This giant of an aircraft, which leaves pilots in awe of its immense size and that they ever manage to get off of the ground, was expected to change the landscape of aviation forever, as it could (potentially) accommodate more than 850 passengers. This aircraft, conceived in the 1990s, was to be Airbus riposte to Boeings 747 in the long-haul market.