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From 747 to A-380: continuity or change?
Washington, USA - Many aspects are shared between the two airplanes on airport adaptation but the Airbus' aicraft has more exigencies

While waiting for the Airbus A-380's maiden flight next Spring and its operational readiness next year, the comparative analyses between the new European long haul airliner and the Boeing 747, which the first one is "ideally" expected to replace, are increasing. Experts point out how the infrastructural updates performed for the air stations destined to host the A-380 were designed in a quite similar...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency