Expected to weigh roughly 1.2 million pounds, the combination would roughly match the maximum takeoff weight of the largest, fully loaded Airbus A380 superjumbo plane, but the wings would be more than 120 feet longer than those of the Airbus A380.
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The plane's manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, said the plane was powered by two CFM56-5 engines, built by the US company General Electric and the French concern Snecma.
One of the projects that could suffer cuts is the Airbus A400M military plane.
Already there are rumors that Airbus is planning a plane with similar wings, which will be similarly sourced from Toray and Mitsubishi.
Of the 52 initial expressions of interest in the new plane, Airbus said it hoped to announce that 22 of these would become firm orders this week.
Among the aircraft expected at the show is the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380 superjumbo.
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The unveiled plane, which Airbus have tagged "MSN001, " will undergo final tests before its maiden flight expected in June.
It is too early to tell whether the Chinese aviation authority's warning of cutbacks, delivery deferrals and even cancellations will seriously hurt Europe's flagship plane-maker Airbus.
Buy an EETC backed by one of United's new Airbus A320s--the plane preferred by upstart airline JetBlue Airways (nyse: JBLU - news - people )--and you might make a big profit, Denney says.
Lockheed also dreams of a joint venture with Airbus to make the military transporter plane that Europe desperately needs.
The paper said Airbus, the maker of the plane, would issue A330 jets with new advice on flying in storms.
While Airbus announced a smaller 13-plane order from Turkish Airways, some U.S. airlines announced different levels of price hikes in order to cover surging fuel prices.
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The Airbus A380 super-jumbo is a plane for the annals of aviation history.
So far this year, Airbus has received a total of 236 plane orders.
The plane unveiled on Monday at Airbus HQ in Toulouse, France is the latest milestone in what has been a turbulent production history for the A350.
The 125m vessel became stranded after slipping its moorings outside Mostyn Docks, where the ship was due to pick up plane wings made at the Airbus factory in Broughton.
Already, Boeing is beating Airbus with the 787 Dreamliner--a plane that's 20% more efficient than rivals but costs about the same.
The intended market is city pairs (like Seattle-Paris) big enough to support nonstop service with a smallish jet but not big enough to fill a giant long-distance plane like the Boeing 747 or upcoming Airbus A380.
Airlines have been excited by the Boeing 787 as the first mid-size, long-range airplane, which would allow airlines to open up routes where they don't have enough demand from passengers to justify a larger plane like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380.
Industry insiders are convinced that, by Easter, Airbus will have landed a Chinese order for the plane, while leading carriers such as Cathay Pacific and British Airways are merely sitting temporarily on the sidelines, waiting for the inevitable teething troubles to be sorted out and for the even bigger versions of the new aircraft expected before long.
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McVitie said that Branson would be "making the same mistake twice" if he went on to commit to one of Airbus' newest models, the A350 extra wide body plane.
Walking through the hangar of the final assembly line and catching a glimpse of one of the 1, 500 engineers that work there, it's almost as if the Airbus headquarters was in Lilliput, taking care of the plane that Gulliver could have traveled in.
Airbus reworked the design, configurations and technology to increase the plane's range and efficiency.
The "authorisation to offer" will allow Airbus to sign contracts with airlines interested in buying the huge plane.
When the Airbus A380 enters service it will become the second-largest plane in the world and largest passenger aircraft.
She witnessed an example of such cooperation at Airbus, where Britain, France and others are building a new plane.
In the wake of Boeing's lithium-ion battery challenges, Airbus decided not to go with the same technology in the new plane -- opting instead for traditional -- and heavier -- nickel-cadmium batteries.
Airbus says it will not use lithium-ion batteries in its forthcoming A350 plane because of problems that have grounded rival Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
Earlier this month, Airbus said it would not use lithium-ion batteries in its forthcoming A350 plane because of problems that have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing said the plane, built largely of composite materials, would leapfrog advanced technologies at Airbus.
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