The aerospace company was on a roll, having recently begun production of its new 747 jumbo jet.

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Recent weeks have also seen renewed hostilities over funding for the development of Airbus's new super-jumbo jet, the A3XX .

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Boeing naturally denies this, but there is a lingering suspicion that Airbus needs the new super-jumbo more than the market does.

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At the moment Boeing is concentrating on its new 787, a medium-sized, wide-bodied aircraft, and its rival Airbus is delivering the first examples of its new A380 super-jumbo.

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Instead, patrons can enjoy live music and New Orleans-style cuisine, from jumbo shrimp to jambalaya.

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As it is, airlines that want simply to use Boeing aircraft will still go on doing so, but at least Airbus now has a chance to flog them a new product which could outperform Boeing's ageing jumbo technology.

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Orbital Sciences survived by developing a new rocket launched from a far more reliable platform, a jumbo jet.

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That's like throwing away 62 Boeing 747 jumbo jets daily, or driving 8, 730 new Honda Civics into a landfill each morning.

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In the jumbo class, Airbus has this year sold 26 of its new A380 555-seater, against only 3 Boeing 747s.

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The bullet plane once did New York to London in 2 hours, 52 minutes--65% quicker than your typical jumbo jet.

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The long-haul airlines with the greatest need are already buying the new Airbus, and would have little incentive to wait at least three years for a Boeing super-jumbo to emerge.

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