Airbus Throws Party for A380 Superjumbo
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TOULOUSE, France  - Planemaker Airbus threw a  spectacular party Tuesday for the A380 superjumbo --  overweight, overbudget and still on the ground, but hailed by  its makers as a major European feat that will reshape aviation.
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Planemaker Airbus replaced the head of   its troubled A380 program on Monday, casting a shadow over   attempts to celebrate the superjumbo's first test flight   involving real passengers -- 474 volunteer Airbus staff.
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The board of EADS, the parent company of Airbus, the aerospace giant, will tomorrow give the green light to develop its new aircraft, the A350.
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LONDON: Cost overruns and political bickering will be set aside tomorrow at Airbus as the Toulouse-based planemaker unveils its mighty A380 double-decker, the biggest airliner ever built.
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The head of Airbus is not ruling out  abandoning the Airbus A350 XWB project, a redesigned version of  the planemaker's slow-selling mid-sized plane, because of the  delays in the A380 superjumbo, the Financial Times reported.
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European planemaker Airbus says that Thai Airways International plans to buy six of its double-decker A380 planes as part of a deal worth more than $2 billion (1 billion pounds) at list prices.
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The Airbus A380 takes first class to a whole new level.
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Airbus SAS, the world's largest plane maker, today will unveil its 555-seat A380, a 12 billion-euro (US$16 billion) wager that airlines will order giant aircraft to ferry passengers between major airports over ...
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PARIS -- The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took off with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday, and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program.
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Airbus, reeling from a management shakeup that followed delays in its flagship superjumbo jet program, unveiled a long-awaited revamp of its mid-sized A350 on Monday.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Planemaker Airbus' A380  superjumbo project is running 1.45 billion euros ($1.93  billion) over budget because of work to improve the efficiency  and weight of the aircraft, the co-head of parent company EADS  said.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Airbus showed off its giant A380, a double-decked behemoth that could revolutionize long-haul flying, at a lavish ceremony Tuesday with European leaders gathered for the first official look at the world's largest passenger plane. Airbus SAS is betting its newfound status as the world's leading jet maker on the "superjumbo" that has a 79.85-metre wingspan, a tail as tall as a seven-storey building and cost &#36;13 billion US to develop.
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Airbus say it is 'business as usual' at its plant in Flintshire as staff wait to hear if they will be affected by delays in the A380 aircraft.
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The biggest customer for Airbus' A380 superjumbo says it is reviewing its options after further delays to the plane.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Aviation authorities were set on Tuesday to declare Airbus's mammoth new A380 aircraft safe for commercial flight, capping six years of development for the world's largest airliner, which has been hit by production delays.
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Airbus unveiled its A380 superjumbo in a glitzy ceremony at which the leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Spain hailed Europe's victory over the United States as the new king of the commercial skies.
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The cost of developing Airbus's new A380 super-jumbo will be much higher than planned, but the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company still hopes to meet or exceed its earnings forecasts this year, EADS ...