An Exclusive Look Inside the World’s Largest Passenger Jet

It was hard to miss a brand new Qatar Airways Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show this week. The world’s largest passenger plane, which has been certified to seat as many as 853 travelers, flew here directly from the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse.


The first Airbus A380 ever manufactured has been making flyovers at the Paris Air Show. Image credit: GE Reports/Adam Senatori

The Qatar double-decker carries four huge engines built by Engine Alliance, a joint venture between GE and Pratt & Whitney. The engines, called GP7200, combine the core of the world’s most powerfull engine, the GE90, and technology from Pratt’s PW4000 engine.

The middle part of the plane’s huge wings spanning 262 feet also features trailing edge parts made at GE Aviation’s plant in Hamble, UK.

Photographer Adam Senatori got a private tour of the jet. Take a look.

The video shows the upper deck of the plane. Starting in the first class cabin, Senatori moved through business class to the bar, and finished in economy class at the tail end of the plane.



The GP7200 engine and the flight deck of the brand new Qatar Airways A380. Image credit: GE Reports/Adam Senatori.



The bar on the upper deck. GE Reports/Adam Senatori.



Photographer Adam Senatori tending the upped deck bar. Image credit: GE Reports.







The first class cabin. GE Reports/Adam Senatori.



A mahogany table in first class. GE Reports/Adam Senatori.



The business class section. GE Reports/Adam Senatori.



In business class on the upper deck: GE Reports/Adam Senatori.