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Germany A-350 XWB plane production commences

Stade, Germany - Through the building of the upper wing shell, the largest integrated component ever to be built by Airbus from weight-saving CFRP

Airbus has commenced production of the latest Airbus product, the A-350 XWB aircraft, in Germany. The green light was jointly given at the company’s production plant in Stade by Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, Executive Vice-President Operations and Chairman of the Board of Management Airbus Germany Gerald Weber, and Parliamentary State Secretary and German government aerospace coordinator Peter H...

fra/pec - 1120211
Rome, Italy, 09/01/2010 11:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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