# All Airbus A380s that exist today are -800 models.

*aerospace · news · 2026-04-18 · Simple Flying*

## Key points

- Airbus originally planned the A380 as a family of aircraft, including a stretched A380-900 and A380F freighter.
- The A380-900 was designed to carry up to 900 passengers, but was never built.
- Airbus was blindsided when newer, more fuel-efficient engines for competitor aircraft arrived after A380 commitments.
- Emirates wanted the A380-900 and later lobbied for a more efficient A380neo, with no success.
- No A380 variants besides the -800 were produced; plans for A380F, A380-900, and A380neo were abandoned.

**Companies:** Airbus, Boeing, General Electric, Rolls-Royce, Emirates, Qatar Airways, FedEx, UPS, British Airways, Lufthansa, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Air France
**Countries:** United Arab Emirates, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom

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