The AirBus A380 took off today with a full load of 474 passengers for the first time. The flight came in the wake of management changes, costly delays, and a temporary hiring freeze. The new jumbojet is designed to make traveling more efficient and decrease airport congestion. However, the tremendous wake of the A380 has caused the International Civil Aviation Organization to set a much larger minimum exclusion zone than Boeing's 747 jumbojet, which would greatly decrease the plane's effeciency.
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