[Music] the Airbus Factory in Hamburg Fin and Vada one of the largest and most modern aircraft production sites in the world it's 16,000 workers and Engineers work on the production line for High-Tech jetliners in just 5 weeks the team can fully equip the gigantic A380 including its exclusive first class cabin containing a bar and luxury bathrooms every tiny scratch needs to be reworked so that we have really a perfect appearance of this cabin during the test flight the pilots and Engineers push the plane to its limits they check whether everything in the cabin works as
intended and test the aircraft's air pressurization system ready then we deess now please pack one check pack two check in the modern paint shop the paint is applied layer by layer until the Jet's exterior is gleaming new maximum allowed thickness is 330 microns uh so quite thin the Airbus employees have one goal building high-tech aircraft faster and cheaper than ever before 4 in the face of intense [Music] [Applause] competition in a different part of the site the latest addition to the Airbus Fleet the a350 is being fitted out Hall 261 is home to a large
scale assembly line at six separate workstations the roughly 13 M long sections of the plan's futil are fit it out up to a certain level of completion then at predetermined intervals or taxs each section moves up the assembly line when a section is fully equipped it leaves the hanger good production manager Michelle vit leads a crew of 130 Aircraft engineers working in a two- shift system here in Hamburg in this hanger we perform the system installation of the so-called forward section which starts behind the cockpit and which ends in front of the Wings and the
rear section which starts behind the wing and ends at the rear end system installation is the installation of mechanical systems like air conditioning pipes and the electrical systems so harnesses for data transfer the transport team brings a new empty section in into the hall and puts it in position one in the assembly line the engineers use a joystick to precisely maneuver the extremely heavy load into its resting place when the sections arrive in the hanger they are completely empty except for any loadbearing structures inside the fuselage the mechanics use a mirror ball to guide a
finely calibrated laser beam to preset measuring points a measuring instrument then determines whether the hull is perfectly [Music] straight cockpit was installed in San a here in too the fine programming is carried [Music] out at this station the wing which has just arrived from brayman is mounted and firmly connected to the fuselage each Wing is 32 M long and is first glued to the hull before being secured in place with thousands of rivets what's special about this plane is its lightweight construction many components are made from carbon fiber nearly the entire fuselage and the wings
are made from cfrp other aircraft have a lower proportion of carbon fiber parts initially it was difficult to work with this material nowadays it's place it has a lot of advantages when compared to aluminium the a350 is a plane with some amazing features it represents the future of airplane construction it's really a Next Generation aircraft for Bonet the a350 stands out as an environmentally friendly and costeffective [Music] jetliner one reason for the low fuel consumption is apart from its lightweight construction the design of the wing the wings are optimized as are the wing tips and
then we have the new engines which also contribute to low kerosene consumption the latest model of the a350 can carry around 350 passengers and on a single tank of fuel cover a distance of over 14,000 [Music] km the upper and lower passenger decks are connected with a staircase due to its sheer size installing this component calls for patience and precision the Fitters need to move the staircase into position from both levels simultaneously and carefully fix it in place rectifying any mistakes later will be extremely difficult so both of the bolts are fixed the hardest part
is done you just need to secure it underneath right now we're going to align the staircase it'll be fixed at the bottom to the floor the interior fittings are delivered by external suppliers the Fitters install them carefully and then cover them up to avoid any damage occurring the side walls the the ceiling walls they need to be assembled here in Hamburg and we need to put them in in five big pieces in order to install them step by step so that the a whole stairway is completed in the first days the two passenger decks are
around 50 m long and 6 M wide the aircraft mechanics clean every window and carry out a visual inspection before starting with the cabin installation we we are checking all the areas behind the cabin panels including the windows if they are really clean and uh good for for delivery so that we don't have to reinstall the cabin just to clean up a window in the later process so this is our risk mitigation that we have to reopen a cabin in the further process checking everything before starting with our installation the A380 was intended as air
bus's response to the Boeing jumbo jet yet the market has changed now the trend is towards smaller and more efficient passenger planes I really like this aircraft for its dimensions and these um complexity this calm behavior during flight uh when we looked at the wings these huge Wings where you can look from the stage uh over the wings this is an amazing impression and uh flying with that aircraft is really a a wonderful experience um with this caral cabin and this Comfort which is which is delivered uh through this aircraft while waiting for its transfer
flight the aircraft remains parked on an isolated part of the time armac Airbus employees are now only allowed on board with the customer's permission once the airline has transferred the final installment and Airbus has been paid in full there is nothing left to do the Emirates Pilots assume control of their new A380 the tower provides clearance for takeoff to the Delight of its loyal Passengers The Majestic giant takes to the [Music] skies
