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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 SE (/ ˈ ɛər b ʌ s / AIR-buss; French: ⓘ; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ⓘ; Spanish:) is a European [8] aerospace corporation. The company's primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate defence and space and helicopter divisions.
The Boeing 747 was the largest commercial passenger aircraft ever to fly at the time, now replaced by the Airbus A380, capable of transporting 853 passengers. Aeroflot started flying the Tu-144 —the first supersonic passenger plane in 1975.
Airbus Group Inc. is a prime contractor to the U.S. Army on the service's new UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter. The Lakota is based on the commercial EC145. Under terms of a contract awarded in June 2006, Airbus Group Inc. has already delivered more than 200 out of a planned 351 aircraft. [citation needed]
The US, India, and Malaysia all ruled out Concorde supersonic flights over the noise concern, although some of these restrictions were later relaxed. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Professor Douglas Ross characterised restrictions placed upon Concorde operations by President Jimmy Carter 's administration as having been an act of protectionism of American ...
In February 2023, Air India announced the purchase of 470 aircraft, including 250 from Airbus, marking the largest commercial aviation deal then. The order included 140 A320neo, 70 A321neo single ...
By comparison, Airbus has already made 565 of its successor, the A350, since its introduction in 2015. Despite the lackluster commercial response, Airbus had high hopes for the A340, which was ...
Both will fly an Airbus A321neo family jet on the route, meaning travelers can expect a smaller plane across the Atlantic. The new routes are part of a larger restructuring plan to bolster revenue.