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Airbus A320 family (probably a computer-created picture). Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK. Picture prepared for this site by Adrian Pingstone, March 2003. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download... Airbus A320 family (probably a computer-created picture). Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK. Picture prepared for this site by Adrian Pingstone, March 2003. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download... The Airbus A320 family from the smallest (A318) to the largest (A321)

Download high resolution version (750x742, 122 KB)The flight deck of the Airbus A320. Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK. Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in September 2003. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... Download high resolution version (750x742, 122 KB)The flight deck of the Airbus A320. Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK. Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in September 2003. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... The flight deck of the Airbus A320, using digital fly-by-wire for primary flight controls, side-stick controllers in place of the usual control columns, and six large electronic displays

Airbus A340-300 (4R-ADF) of Srilankan landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. Taken in May 2004 by Adrian Pingstone and released to the public domain. This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Arpingstone. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur) = this is... Airbus A340-300 (4R-ADF) of Srilankan landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. Taken in May 2004 by Adrian Pingstone and released to the public domain. This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Arpingstone. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur) = this is... An A340 of Srilankan Airlines, now Airbus' second largest product after the A380

Airbus S.A.S. is a commercial This article refers to the tool of travel. For other meanings, see aircraft (disambiguation). An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. Categories and classification Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Heavier than air Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and variants, and conventional fixed-wing aircraft: aeroplanes... aircraft manufacturer based in The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... Toulouse, France. It was incorporated in 2001 under French law as a simplified joint stock company or "S.A.S." (Société par Actions Simplifiée). Airbus was formerly known as Airbus Industrie and is commonly named just Airbus.

Airbus is jointly held by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is a large European industrial corporation of the aerospace business, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain. In 2003, EADS... EADS (80%) and BAE SYSTEMS is a multinational defence and commercial aerospace products manufacturer. History Evolution of British aviation, 1955 to BAE formation Formation It was formed on November 30, 1999 with the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), the defence arm of GEC. It was widely anticipated that British... BAE SYSTEMS (20%), Europe's two largest military suppliers and manufacturers. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... As of 2004, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. Although there may be more than one CEO in a company, generally the job is not shared anymore. It is feared that such an arrangement may create confusion within the... CEO is Noël Forgeard.

Airbus employs around 40,000 people in several European countries. Final assembly is carried out in The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... Toulouse, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France and This article is about the city in Germany. For other articles subjects named Hamburg, see Hamburg (disambiguation). Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and its principal port. The official name Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg recalls its membership in the mediæval Hanseatic League and the fact that... Hamburg, The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany, although construction occurs at a number of plants across Europe.

History

Airbus Industrie began as a consortium of World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. It is conventionally considered a continent, which, in this case, is more of a cultural distinction than a geographic one. ( National Geographic, however, officially recognises... European aviation firms to compete with The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... American companies such as The Boeing Company ( NYSE: BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. It is also a defense contractor, and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeings two principal divisions are Boeing... Boeing and DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It has been part of Boeing since 1997. Background The company was founded from the firms of James Smith McDonnell and Donald Wills Douglas... McDonnell Douglas. In the 1960s European aircraft manufacturers competed as much with each other than the American giants. In the mid-1960s tentative negotitations commenced regarding a European collaborative approach began.

In September 1967 the British, French and German governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start development of the 300 seat The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. Introduction The A300 was the first twin-engined widebody airliner in the world. It inspired Boeing twins such as Boeing 767 and 777 and paved the way... Airbus A300. This was the second major joint aircraft program in Europe, following the Concorde may refer to: The supersonic Concorde (aeroplane) Concorde, North Carolina (the place) The Place de la Concorde, a square in Paris, France the Concorde Agreement — a contract which dictates the terms by which the ten Formula One teams compete in Formula One grands prix and take their share... Concorde, for which no ongoing consortium was devised. An earlier announcement had been made in July 1967 but had been complicated by the The British Aircraft Corporation, or BAC, was a British aircraft manufacturer, formed from the forced merger of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric, Vickers-Armstrong and Hunting Aircraft Company in 1959. Meanwhile a similar merger created the Hawker_Siddeley Group, while engine design and manufacturing was concentrated at Rolls-Royce and... British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). The British government refused to back its proposed competitor, a development of the BAC 1-11 and instead supported the Airbus aircraft.

In the months following this agreement both the French and British governments expressed doubts about the aircraft. Another problem was the requirement for a new engine (to be developed by Rolls-Royce, the RB207). In December 1968 the French and British partner companies, Sud Aviation was a French aircraft manufacturer, originating from the merger of SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest) on March 1, 1957. Both companies had, in turn, been formed from smaller privately owned... Sud Aviation and Hawker-Siddeley was a British aircraft manufacturing company. The company went through a long evolution before emerging as one of only two major manufacturers in the 1960s, and eventually being merged into British Aerospace in the 1980s. Hawker Engineering Hawker Siddeley had its roots in the aftermath of the First... Hawker Siddeley proposed a revised configuration, the 250 seat Airbus A250. Renamed the A300B the aircraft would not require new engines, reducing development costs.

In 1969 the British government shocked its partners by withdrawing from the project. Given the participation by Hawker Siddeley up to that point, France and Germany were reluctant to take over their wing design. Thus the British company was allowed to continue as a major subcontractor.

Airbus formed

Airbus Industrie was formally set up in 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15... 1970 following an agreement between The Aerospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. Forty were built The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is a rospatiale. a rospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that primarily built both civilian and military aircraft and... Aerospatiale ( The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France) and Luftwaffe Tornado ECR Deutsche Aerospace AG Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG Founded May 19, 1989 as Deutsche Aerospace AG, bundling space and aeronautic elements of Daimler-Benz (including Dornier Luftfahrt), Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), MTU München, and Telefunken Systemtechnik (TST) In 1992, the helicopter division was... Deutsche Aerospace ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany) (joined by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) Founded in 1923 in Seville, Spain. Spains CASA is part of EADS, the European Aerospace Corporation, since its foundation in 1999, and was before member of the Airbus Consortium together with France, Germany and the United Kingdom. CASA C-101 Aviojet CASA C212... CASA of The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain in 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 - British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements... 1971). Each company would deliver its sections as fully equipped, ready to fly items. The name "Airbus" was taken from a nonproprietary term used by the airline industry in the 1960s to refer to a commercial aircraft of a certain size and range, for this term was acceptable to the French linguistically.

In 1972 the A300 made its maiden flight and the first production model, the A300B2 entered service in 1974. Initially the success of the consortium was poor but by 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United States and the Peoples Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam... 1979 there were 81 aircraft in service. It was the launch of the A320 in 1981 that guaranteed Airbus as a major player in the aircraft market - the aircraft had over 400 orders before it first flew, compared to 15 for the A300 in 1972.

In 1977 the British partner in Airbus, Hawker Siddeley, was merged with BAC to form BAe evolution since 1955 until 1999 merger to form BAE Systems British Aerospace (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE SYSTEMS. The company was formed on April 29, 1977 by the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. This called for the nationalisation and merger of; the British Aircraft... British Aerospace (BAe). In 1979 BAe (now BAE SYSTEMS is a multinational defence and commercial aerospace products manufacturer. History Evolution of British aviation, 1955 to BAE formation Formation It was formed on November 30, 1999 with the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), the defence arm of GEC. It was widely anticipated that British... BAE SYSTEMS) formally re-joined the consortium, with 38 percent stake each for the Germans and French, 20 percent for the British, and the Spanish firm with four percent.

It was a fairly loose alliance but that changed in 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, however, this distinction falls to the year 2001. The year 2000 is... 2000 when Luftwaffe Tornado ECR Deutsche Aerospace AG Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG Founded May 19, 1989 as Deutsche Aerospace AG, bundling space and aeronautic elements of Daimler-Benz (including Dornier Luftfahrt), Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), MTU München, and Telefunken Systemtechnik (TST) In 1992, the helicopter division was... DASA, The Aerospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. Forty were built The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is a rospatiale. a rospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that primarily built both civilian and military aircraft and... Aerospatiale and CASA merged to form European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is a large European industrial corporation of the aerospace business, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain. In 2003, EADS... EADS and in 2001 when BAE and EADS formed the Airbus Integrated Company to coincide with the development of the new The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying up to 800 passengers in a high density format. The aircraft, often called the Superjumbo, is scheduled to commence flight tests in April 2005. Delivery is expected to begin in 2006... Airbus A380, which will seat 555 passengers and be the world's largest commercial passenger jet when it enters service in 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification Predicted and scheduled events January January 1 - Deadline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the Republic of Ireland must be changed... 2006.

Civilian products

The Airbus product line started with the The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. Introduction The A300 was the first twin-engined widebody airliner in the world. It inspired Boeing twins such as Boeing 767 and 777 and paved the way... A300, the world's first twin-aisle, twin-engined aircraft. A shorter variant of the The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. Introduction The A300 was the first twin-engined widebody airliner in the world. It inspired Boeing twins such as Boeing 767 and 777 and paved the way... A300 is known as the The Airbus A310 is a short to medium range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus Industrie. Perhaps the greatest attribute of the A310 is that of range. The A310-300s range exceeds all A300 models and the -200 exceeds all A300 models in range... A310. Building on its success, airbus launched the The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. It was the first airliner with a digital fly-by-wire flight control system, where the pilot controls flight surfaces through the use of electronic signals rather than mechanically with pulleys and hydraulic systems. History... A320 with its innovative A flight control system consists of the flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkage, and necessary operating mechanisms to control aircraft in flight The basic fundamentals of aircraft controls has been explained in aeronautics. Discussion here centers on the underlying mechanisms of the flight controls. Generally the cockpit... fly-by-wire control system. The A320 was a great commercial success. The A318 and A319 are shorter derivatives with some of the latter under construction for the corporate biz-jet market ( The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. It was the first airliner with a digital fly-by-wire flight control system, where the pilot controls flight surfaces through the use of electronic signals rather than mechanically with pulleys and hydraulic systems. History... Airbus Corporate Jet). A stretched version is known as the A321 and is proving competitive with later models of the Boeing 737.

The longer range products, the twin-jet Air Canada Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a large_capacity medium_to_long_range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. It was developed at the same time as the four-engined A340. Airbus intended the A330 to compete directly in the ETOPS (Extended Twin-engine Operations) market, which was effectively established by the... A330 and the four-jet Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340. The Airbus A340 is a long_range widebody commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. It is similar in design to the sister, the A330 but uses four engines rather than two. It has one of the longest ranges of any commercial airliner. History Airbus new aircraft was... A340, have efficient wings, enhanced by A winglet is a device used to improve the efficiency of aircraft by lowering the lift-induced drag caused by wingtip vortices. The winglet is a vertical or angled extension at the tips of each wing. Winglets work by increasing the effective aspect ratio of a wing without adding greatly... winglets. The Airbus A340-500 has an operating range of 13,921 kilometres (8,650 miles), the second longest range of any commercial jet after the Boeing 777-200LR (range of 17,446 km or 9420 nautical miles). These are competing strongly with the equivalent Boeing products and may partly explain the cessation of An airliner of Air Jamaica, the Airbus A340 An airliner is a type of aircraft initially designed for the transport of paying passengers. There are many variants developed for air freight, military or luxury corporate use. Occasionally the military version precedes the civilian sector. Examples are the Boeing KC-135... airliner production at The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form... Lockheed in 1983 and the take-over of DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It has been part of Boeing since 1997. Background The company was founded from the firms of James Smith McDonnell and Donald Wills Douglas... McDonnell Douglas by the surviving US builder of long-distance airliners, The Boeing Company ( NYSE: BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. It is also a defense contractor, and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeings two principal divisions are Boeing... Boeing, in 1996-1997. The company is particularly proud of its use of A flight control system consists of the flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkage, and necessary operating mechanisms to control aircraft in flight The basic fundamentals of aircraft controls has been explained in aeronautics. Discussion here centers on the underlying mechanisms of the flight controls. Generally the cockpit... fly-by-wire technologies and the common cockpit and systems in use throughout the aircraft family, which make it much easier to train crew.

Military products

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The Airbus A400M

In January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. January begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Capricorn and ends in the sign of Aquarius. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation... January 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999 Airbus established a separate company, Airbus Military SL (Sociedad Limitada) is a subsidiary of Airbus S.A.S. created for the management of the A400M project, taking over from Euroflag. The company was established in January 1999 as the Airbus Military Company SAS. However the company was restructured as Airbus Military SL prior to the... Airbus Military S.A.S., to undertake development and production of a turboprop powered military For other article subjects named transport see transport (disambiguation). Transport, or transportation in American English, is the movement of objects like people, goods, signals and information from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans, meaning across, and portare, meaning to carry. Aspects of transport The... transport aircraft (the The Airbus A400M (M for military) is a four engine turboprop aircraft designed by Airbus Military to meet the demand of European nations for a new military cargo aircraft. The initial requirement of the partner nations, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium and Luxemburg was for 212... Airbus Military A400M.) The A400M is being developed by several For the National Association of Theatre Owners, please see National Association of Theatre Owners. The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support... NATO members, The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Koninkrijk België, French: Royaume de Belgique, German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. Belgium is at a cultural crossroad between Germanic Europe and Romance Europe. It has Dutch speakers... Belgium, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France, The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked state in the north-west of the continental European Union, bordered by France, Germany and Belgium. National motto: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn ( Luxembourgish: We wish to stay what we are) Official languages French, German, Luxembourgish ( de jure... Luxembourg, The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain, The Republic of Turkey is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part of its territory (3%) in southeastern Europe. Until 1922, the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, forms the core of the country... Turkey, and the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... UK, as an alternative to the The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical air transport aircraft of the United States and UK military forces. Capable of landing and taking off from short, rough dirt runways, it is a personnel and cargo hauler and is used in a wide variety... C-130 Hercules. Expansion in the military aircraft market will reduce, but not negate, Airbus's exposure to the effects of cyclical downturns in civil aviation.

• The Airbus A400M (M for military) is a four engine turboprop aircraft designed by Airbus Military to meet the demand of European nations for a new military cargo aircraft. The initial requirement of the partner nations, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium and Luxemburg was for 212... Airbus A400M
• While operated for some time as a pure transport aircraft the Airbus A310 is now being offered as the Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) through the addition of an aerial refueling capability. The aircraft are manufactured and modified by EADS/Airbus. The conversion involves Installation of two AAR pods under... A310 MRTT (Multi Role Aerial refueling, also called in-flight refueling (IFR) or air-to-air refueling (AAR), is the practice of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight. This allows the receiving aircraft to remain airborne longer, and to take off with a greater payload. Usually, the aircraft providing the fuel... Tanker Transport)
• The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a next generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft based on the Airbus A330_200. One of the greatest attiributes of the A330 as a tanker aircraft is its massive internal fuel capacity, the 111,000 kg / 122 tons of fuel is held in... A330 MRTT

Competition with Boeing

Finnair Airbus A320-200 (OX-LXH) in the latest (as at 2003) colour scheme, on the approach to London (Heathrow) Airport (UK). Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in September 2003 and released to the public domain. This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator...

Finnair Airbus A320-200 (OX-LXH) in the latest (as at 2003) colour scheme, on the approach to London (Heathrow) Airport (UK). Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in September 2003 and released to the public domain. This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator...

An Airbus A320

Boeing has continually protested over state support for Airbus from the governments of the partner nations, most recently in July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. July begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Cancer and ends in the sign of Leo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation... July 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004. Harry C. Stonecipher is President and Chief Executive of Boeing, the aerospace giant. Stonecipher was President and Chief Executive of McDonnell Douglas prior to its merger with Boeing in 1997, he remained on the board following the successful completion of that transaction. His predecessor as Boeing CEO, Phil Condit, resigned... Harry Stonecipher (Boeing Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. Although there may be more than one CEO in a company, generally the job is not shared anymore. It is feared that such an arrangement may create confusion within the... CEO) accused Airbus of abusing a 1992 non-binding agreement covering launch aid. Airbus is given launch aid from European governments which it must repay through strict commercial contracts, and contends that this is fully compliant with the 1992 agreement and For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). It was created on 1 January 1995 to replace the General Agreement on... WTO rules. The agreement allows up to 33 per cent of the program cost to be met through government loans which are to be fully repaid within 17 years with interest and royalties. These loans are held at a minimum interest rate equal to the cost of government borrowing plus 0.25%, which would be below market rates available to Airbus without government support [1]  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3722888.stm).

Airbus also argues that some of the Pork barrel (or pork barrel politics) is a derogatory term used to describe United States government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes. Typically it involves funding for government programs whose economic... pork barrel military contracts awarded to Boeing (the second largest U.S. defence contractor) are in effect a form of subsidy (see the Boeing The Boeing KC-767 is a next generation military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed primarily for the USAF from the Boeing 767-200. Boeing received the first order for the 767 Tanker Transport from Italy in 2001 for four aircraft. The company had further success when the Japanese... KC-767 military contracting scandal). The significant U.S. government support of technology development via NASA also provides significant support to Boeing, as does the large tax breaks offered to Boeing which are in violation of the 1992 agreement and WTO rules. In its recent products such as the Boeing 787 in new Boeing colors The Boeing 787, or Dreamliner, is a mid-sized passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and scheduled to enter service in 2008. It will carry between 200 and 350 passengers depending on the seating configuration, and be more fuel-efficient than... 787, Boeing has also been offered substantial support from local and state governments.

The latest scramble involving Airbus and Boeing surround the American company’s latest offering, the 787 Dreamliner. EU trade officials are questioning the funding provided by the There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. It has a parliamentary government, which consists of three branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Sovereignty is vested in Japanese nationals by whom officials are elected in all of the... Japanese Government and Japanese companies for the launch of the 787.

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International manufacturing presence

The main Airbus factory in Toulouse lies just next to Toulouse airport.

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Airbus, however, has a number of other plants in different European countries, reflecting its foundation as a consortium. An original solution to the problem of moving aircraft parts between the different factories and the assembly plants is the use of " The Airbus A300-600ST or Beluga is a version of the standard Airbus A300 wide-body airliner, modified to carry over-sized cargo. Several major aircraft manufacturers are multinational, and it is not unusual for them to have plants in widely separated locations. Airbus, however, is unique in that it... Beluga" specially enlarged jets, capable of carrying entire sections of fuselage of Airbus aircraft. This solution is also being investigated by Boeing, who are considering producing an enlarged version of their 747 aircraft to transport the components of the 7E7. An exception to this scheme is the A380, whose fuselage and wings are too large for sections to be carried by the Beluga. Large A380 parts are brought by ship to City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ( Latin: Only the fleur-de-lis rule over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion) City proper ( commune) Région Aquitaine Département Gironde (33) Mayor Hugues Martin ( UMP) (since 2004) Area 49.36 km² Population... Bordeaux, and then transported to the Toulouse assembly plant by a specially enlarged road.

North America is an important region to Airbus in terms of both aircraft sales and suppliers. 2,000 of the total of approximately 5,300 Airbus jetliners sold by Airbus around the world, representing every aircraft in its product line from the 107-seat A318 to the 565-passenger A380, are ordered by North American customers. US contractors supporting an estimated 120,000 jobs earned estimated $5.5 billion (2003) worth of business. For example, the A380 has 51% American content in terms of work share value.

External links

• Official Airbus website (http://www.airbus.com/)
• Large plane war (http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol35/vol35n40/articles/Boeing.html)
• Loan subsidies (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1293073.stm)
• An editorial from BBC on Airbus (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3722888.stm)