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By the mid-1960s, several European aircraft manufacturers had drawn up competitive designs, but were aware of the risks of such a project. For example, in 1959 Hawker Siddeley had advertised an "Airbus" version of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy, [8] which would "be able to lift as many as 126 passengers on ultra short routes at a direct operating cost of 2d. per seat mile".
Airbus is given reimbursable launch investment (RLI), called "launch aid" by the US, from European governments, with the money being paid back with interest plus indefinite royalties, but only if the aircraft is a commercial success. [105] Airbus contends that this system is fully compliant with the 1992 agreement and WTO rules. The agreement ...
Airbus, thanks to the success of its A320 family, developed the medium-range A330 twinjet and the related long-range A340 quad-jet. [16] In 1988, Boeing began developing what would be the 777 twinjet, [ 17 ] using the twin-engine configuration given past design successes, projected engine developments, and reduced-cost benefits.
Airbus' first aircraft, the A300, had been received with little initial demand, [32] but orders for the airliner had picked up in the late 1970s. [33] [34] By 1979, the consortium had 256 orders for A300, [35] and Airbus had launched its second airliner, the A310, less than 12 months prior to BAe formally joining the consortium. [31]
On Wednesday, International Consolidated Airline Group's British Airways picked European Aeronautical Defense and Space's Airbus' SAS short-haul planes over Boeing's 737, in a deal worth more than ...
A Jet2.com Boeing 737-300 in the former livery in 2011.. In 2002, Channel Express established the Jet2.com brand from Leeds Bradford Airport.The re-branded Jet2.com began operating as a leisure airline with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam on 12 February 2003, which operated a twice-daily rotation with two Boeing 737–300 aircraft.
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; [b] it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the baseline A320 and entered service in 1994, about six years after the original A320.
The new Airbus planes allow Wizz Air to increase its maximum flight time from six hours to eight. The aircraft’s first route will start flying from London Gatwick to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, next ...