The creation of the A380 is an unusual joint adventure, one of the first great industrial challenges of the third millenium.

From the fabrication of its components to the initial flights, four photographers from the countries which founded Airbus – Spain's Isabel Muñoz, Great Britain's Mark Power, France's Laurent Monlaü and Germany's Peter Bialobrzeski – chronicle this sweeping saga with equal attention to the most minute details and the gigantic size of the plane.

With insatiable curiosity, Erik Orsenna spent two years traveling from place to place meeting those involved in the adventure. Stories, experiences and reflections provide various angles that dynamically render the beauty of the work performed by these men and women, the journeymen of the A380.

Contributors to this publication : Peter Bialobrzeski, Laurent Monlaü, Isabelle Muñoz, Mark Power