superjumbo

noun

su·per·jum·bo ˈsü-pər-ˌjəm-bō

: an extremely large passenger jet airplane : superjet

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Airbus pulled the plug on the superjumbo in February 2019, after 12 years of service and said its last deliveries of the jet, which cost about $25 billion to develop, would be made in 2021. —

Tiah Shepherd, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 Though the outer windows on the A380 are significantly larger than Concorde’s, the superjumbo also has a larger internal window pane. —

Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 This luxury is set to be taken to new heights on British Airways superjumbos, as the airline just unveiled a fresh design for its first class airplane seat, set to launch on BA’s A380 planes in 2026. —

Francesca Street, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024 Its rival Airbus was the one struggling, on the verge of abandoning its $25 billion mistake, the A380 superjumbo jet that had turned out to be a white elephant with little demand from airlines or passengers. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for superjumbo