The world's first-ever jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, was constructed by American aircraft manufacturer Boeing in 1970. Over 50 years later, the airline industry is saturated by widebody aircraft constructed by two major manufacturers: Boeing and Europe's Airbus.
Some 4,800 widebody aircraft are currently in use worldwide. The number is expected to grow in the next decade to around 7,000 jets.
In 2007, Airbus, the world's biggest commercial plane manufacturer, introduced the world's largest commercial aircraft by passenger capacity — the A380-800.
Take a look at the 10 of the world's largest passenger planes. The models are arranged in ascending order according to their maximum capacity and their number of seats in either a two or three-class seating arrangement.