Air France signed a letter of intent to buy 10 super jumbos, with options for four more, while Emirates Airlines said it planned to buy five A3XX, had the option to buy five more, and ordered two freighter versions of the aircraft.

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"A genuine strategic air power must possess a strong power projection capability, which is highly reliant on large aircraft, namely a strategic air freighter and a strategic bomber, " said Wang Yanan, deputy editor in chief at Aerospace Knowledge magazine and a military analyst, in a China Daily report.

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