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Inside the Airbus A380

The Brake-to-Vacate system, designed by a multinational Airbus team, helps ease airport congestion and reduce the amount of time an aircraft remains on the runway.

Enabling pilots to select a runway exit while the aircraft is making its landing approach, Brake-to-Vacate uses the auto-flight, flight controls, and auto-brake systems to regulate deceleration after touchdown.

This allows the aircraft to reach a specified exit at the correct speed under optimum conditions.

Image: The lounge in the economy class. | Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

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