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Airbus: two airplanes for two major market goals

Toulouse, France - A new airliner and an air tanker in order to face international competitors and seize the American market

Two Airbus programmes would be currently under development with the common purpose on the one hand of facing the international success of competitors effectively and, on the other one, seizing the US market in a significant manner. In the first case, the representatives of the group would have put into evidence how the new A-350 (a derivative of the A-330, provided with a larger structure) is being...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105615
Rome, Italy, 10/19/2004 17:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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