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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">The 555 seat, double deck Airbus A380 is the world's largest airliner, easily eclipsing Boeing's 747. The A380 base model is the 555 seat A380-800 (launch customer Emirates). Potential future models include the 590 ton MTOW 10,410km (5620nm) A380-800F freighter, able to carry a 150 tonne payload, and the stretched, 656 seat, A380-900.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:1.3em;outline:0px;">The A380’s ability to generate more revenue, stimulate traffic and draw passengers is highlighted in Airbus’ latest A380 advertising campaign, which underscores the flagship jetliner’s advantages for both existing and new customers.</p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:1.3em;outline:0px;">The A380 provides airlines with the best opportunities to optimise revenue across their networks – with more seats for growth, connecting traffic, and higher yields by offering more capacity when and where people want to fly.</p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Airbus first began studies on a very large 500 seat airliner in the early 1990s. The European manufacturer saw developing a competitor and successor to the Boeing 747 as a strategic play to end Boeing's dominance of the very large airliner market and round out Airbus' product line-up.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:1.3em;outline:0px;">The advertisements debuted during 2013 and were featured at the Paris Air Show, on social media, as well as in the trade and business press.</p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Airbus began engineering development work on such an aircraft, then designated the A3XX, in June 1994. Airbus studied numerous design configurations for the A3XX and gave serious consideration to a single deck aircraft which would have seated 12 abreast and twin vertical tails. However Airbus settled upon a twin deck configuration, largely because of the significantly lighter structure required.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| − | ==OWN THE SKY== |
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| − | [http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/cabin/ ]===[http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/cabin/ Cabin]=== |
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| − | [http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/cabin/ It’s no wonder passengers opt for the comfort of the A380 when given the choice][http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/cabin/ <span class="m-icon m-icon-left-small" style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;outline:0px;background-image:url(http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/templates/airbusv5/images/sprite-elements.png);display:block;text-indent:-99999px;overflow:hidden;width:16px;height:16px;float:none;background-position:6px-36px;background-repeat:no-repeatno-repeat;">Cabin</span>][http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/growth/ ]===[http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/growth/ Growth]=== |
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| − | [http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/growth/ Designed for airline growth, the A380 helps its operators capture more business, open new routes and increase profitable connecting traffic][http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/growth/ <span class="m-icon m-icon-left-small" style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;outline:0px;background-image:url(http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/templates/airbusv5/images/sprite-elements.png);display:block;text-indent:-99999px;overflow:hidden;width:16px;height:16px;float:none;background-position:6px-36px;background-repeat:no-repeatno-repeat;">Growth</span>][http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/yield/ ]===[http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/yield/ Yield]=== |
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| − | [http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/yield/ The A380 brings higher market share, maximized slot profitability and higher revenues opportunities for current and future operators][http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/own-the-sky/yield/ <span class="m-icon m-icon-left-small" style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;outline:0px;background-image:url(http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/templates/airbusv5/images/sprite-elements.png);display:block;text-indent:-99999px;overflow:hidden;width:16px;height:16px;float:none;background-position:6px-36px;background-repeat:no-repeatno-repeat;">Yield</span>] |
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| − | ==THE A380 EFFECT== |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:1.3em;outline:0px;">The A380 has been winning over business and leisure passengers alike since its service introduction in 2007, providing levels of comfort and reliability that have led travelers to specifically request flights on Airbus’ 21st century flagship – which is in operation with carriers around the globe.</p> |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;outline:0px;display:inline;">It takes an A380 to compete with an A380</p> |
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| − | The double-deck A380 is the world’s largest commercial aircraft flying today, with capacity to carry 525 passengers in a comfortable three-class configuration, and up to 853 in a single-class configuration that provides wider seats than its competitor. Overall, the A380’s two decks offer 50 per cent more floor surface than any other high-capacity aircraft.</p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| − | <p class="bodytext" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:1.3em;outline:0px;">With superior range of 15,700 km., the A380 is the ideal solution to alleviate traffic congestion at busy airports. It has two full-length passenger levels with true widebody dimensions: a main deck and an upper deck, which are conveniently linked by fixed stairs forward and aft.</p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Key design aims include the ability to use existing airport infrastructure with little modifications to the airports, and direct operating costs per seat 15-20% less than those for the 747-400. With 49% more floor space and only 35% more seating than the previous largest aircraft, Airbus is ensuring wider seats and aisles for more passenger comfort. Using the most advanced technologies, the A380 is also designed to have 10-15% more range, lower fuel burn and emissions, and produce less noise.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">The A380 features an advanced version of the Airbus common two crew cockpit, with pull-out keyboards for the pilots, extensive use of composite materials such as GLARE (an aluminium/glass fibre composite), and four 302 to 374kN (68,000 to 84,000lb) class Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or Engine Alliance (General Electric/Pratt & Whitney) GP7200 turbofans now under development.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">On July 24, 2000, Emirates became the first customer making a firm order commitment, followed by Air France, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Singapore Airlines, </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Qantas and Virgin Atlantic. Together these companies completed the 50 orders needed to launch the programme.</span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">On receipt of the required 50th launch order commitment, the Airbus A3XX was renamed A380 and officially launched on December 19, 2000. The out of sequence A380 designation was chosen as the "8" represents the cross-section of the twin decks. In early 2001 the general configuration design was frozen, and metal cutting for the first A380 component occurred on January 23, 2002, at Nantes in France. In 2002 more than 6000 people were working on A380 development.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Apart from the prime contractors in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, components for the A380 airframe are also manufactured by industrial partners in Australia, Aus</span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">tria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. A380 final assembly is taking place in Toulouse, France, with interior fitment in Hamburg, Germany. Major A380 assemblies are transported to Toulouse by ship, barge and road.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">On January 18, 2005, the first Airbus A380 was officially revealed in a lavish ceremony, attended by 5000 invited guests including the French, German, British and Spanish president and prime ministers, representing the countries that invested heavily in the 10-year, �10 billion+ ($13 billion+) aircraft program, and the CEOs of the 14 A380 customers, who had placed firm orders for 149 aircraft by then.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Later, the following companies also ordered the A380: FedEx (the launch customer for the A380-800F freighter), Qatar Airways, Lufthansa, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Etihad Airways, Thai Airways and UPS.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">However, in 2007, amid production delays, Airbus announced that it was halting design work on the A380 freighter to concentrate on the passenger version of the aircraft. FedEx and UPS canceled their orders for the aircraft.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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| + | <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;color:black; language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none">Five prototypes were used in the flight test programme, which was heavily delayed due to problems with configuration management and wiring issues. The first flight occurred in August 2006, and entry into commercial service, with Singapore Airlines, took place in October 2007.</span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-armenian-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial;mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-currency-font-family:Arial;mso-latinext-font-family: Arial;color:black;language:en-CA;mso-ansi-language:en-CA;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p> |
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