An Airbus A380 super jumbo jet took off from Frankfurt, Germany just after nine this morning on its way to New York.

今天上午九点刚过，“空中客车”超大型客机A380从德国法兰克福飞往纽约。

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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 .

ECONOMIST: Trade

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

ECONOMIST: Super-jumbo trade war ahead

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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