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Airbus warns A380 programme at risk as orders dry up
AFP
| 2018/01/16 | 573 words
| LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY
Airbus said Monday that it might have to end production of the double-decker A380 superjumbo jet, having booked no new orders for the plane in two years.The European aerospace group had been banking on another big order from main client Emirates in November, but the Dubai-based airline decided instead to buy 40 of Boeing's Dreamliners.Airbus's decision in 2007 to pursue the A380, capable of packing in 853 seats, was diametrically opposed to Boeing's bet on the Dreamliner, marketed as a more ...(…)
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