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Airbus: the production line of the A-380 will close

A failure for the aircraft that was supposed to make the B-747 obsolete

It was in the air that the official stop of production of the Airbus A-380 (see AVIONEWS) would come soon, because Emirates -the main user- converts its order of the aircraft into the most modern and efficient A-350s. In the presentation of the data on deliveries, the European aerospace company has announced that from 2021 the A-380 will no longer be produced, thus closing the production line of what...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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