Towards the wild blue yonder - Boeing v Airbus; Boeing v Airbus.(battle between Airbus and Boeing)(Company Profile)(Industry Overview)
Economist (US), The, April, 2002
380 degree legroom
Airbus is producing a super-jumbo, the A380. Boeing is going for speed rather than size with its Sonic Cruiser (above). Who's on the right flight path?
THE earth-moving machines have started work next to Blagnac airport near Airbus's headquarters on the outskirts of Toulouse. They are preparing the foundations of a giant aircraft hangar that will be one of the largest covered spaces in Europe. This is where the world's biggest airliner, the A380, will start to be assembled next year, for a maiden flight towards the end of 2004. Metal is already being cut for parts of its giant body in Airbus factories in Germany and France.
By the end of next year, enormous barges will bring the first fuselage sections and giant tail-fins...
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