• In total, an A380 comprises 4 million individual components, produced by 1,500 companies, in 30 different countries
  • Airport control tower windows must be angled at precisely 15 degrees from vertical at the top to decrease reflections from both inside and outside the tower
  • There have been more astronauts than there were Concorde pilots
  • Fear of flying, from which 1 in 5 people suffer, is called aviophobia
  • The Airbus A380 is more fuel-efficient than a Toyota Prius