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Airbus: its first aircraft family, the A-300, reaches 40

Toulouse, France - The plane in the B version operated by Air France as the launch customer

Airbus communicated the 40th anniversary of the entry into service of its first aircraft –the A-300B– operated by Air France as the launch customer. Today the aviation industry, it was focused at the very outset on innovation, by designing the A-300B as the world’s first twin-engine widebody. Moreover, the success of that programme and the philosophy to innovate has been the cornerstone of it...

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Rome, Italy, 05/12/2014 17:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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