Flight Simulator 2024 Adds US$74.49 Airbus A380 DLC
The world's largest passenger aircraft now costs more in a game than the game itself.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has added the Airbus A380 as DLC, downloadable extra content that adds aircraft after launch. It is priced at US$74.49, above the US$70 base game, according to the publisher Microsoft Flight Simulator. It is not cheap.
The aircraft was developed with iniBuilds, a studio the Flight Simulator team describes as a close partner. It sits in the simulator's Exclusive Series and was announced on 15 September 2026 as a Marketplace Exclusive, meaning it is sold only inside the game's own store.
It is available for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 IGN. That cross-platform reach matters. Every player buys through the same in-game shop.
Systems depth is the selling point. The add-on models potable water and waste, including consumption and servicing throughout the aircraft. Toilets, tanks and servicing routines are simulated, a level of detail rarely modelled in flight games.
The real A380 is a four-engine, wide-body airliner built by Airbus. It is the world's biggest commercial passenger plane and the world's first and to date only superjumbo airliner. It also holds the world record for largest passenger capacity among production airliners Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The prototype made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 and entered service on 25 October 2007. Airbus designed it to carry up to 853 passengers, although typical layouts seat between 500 and 550. The fuselage has a full-length double deck, with a twin-aisle layout on each deck.
Engineering details carry over into the pitch for realism. The upper fuselage uses GLARE, or glass-reinforced aluminium. The cockpit is all-glass with side-stick control. Flight controls use digital fly-by-wire links and high-pressure hydraulic actuation. Power comes from Rolls-Royce Trent 900 and Engine Alliance GP7200 high-bypass turbofan engines.
Airbus built only one production variant, the A380-800. The A380-841 and A380-842 subvariants use Rolls-Royce engines, while the A380-861 uses Engine Alliance engines. Total production was 254 airframes, with production running from 2003 to 2021.
In service, the fleet is small. Fewer than 200 A380s fly worldwide GameSpot. Ten airlines operate the type, including Emirates, British Airways, Qantas and Lufthansa.
What makes this stand out is the maths and the subject. Players are paying more than the price of the simulator for a single aircraft, and that aircraft is an out-of-production giant most travellers will never crew. For fans, this means a chance to operate the double-decker on long-range routes from their lounge room, tanks, waste systems and all.
