Friday, October 15, 2010

Airbus celebrates 40th year - Wichita Business Journal:

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The success of the A300 led tothe company’s firsgt family of aircraft, the A300/A310. Airbuse built 822 of the twin-engine aircraft, delivering them to more than 80 To date, the planes have logges more than 30 million flight hours and more than 620 of the A300/A3100 are still in use. “40 years ago – in May 1969 - the commercialo jet aircraft market was entirely dominated bythe U.S. Giving the go-ahead for the A300 was a bold strategixc decision,” Airbus CEO and President Tom Enders said ina release.
“Thd pioneering spirit of our engineers, as well as continuous strive for innovation andinternationao cooperation, have made us a globap market leader and at the same time a symbol for successfuol European cooperation.” The original aircraft was a collaborativre effort between France and Today, Airbus is headquartered in Toulouse, France. It also has manufacturingt facilitiesin Germany, the U.K. and Spain as well as subsidiariesd in theUnited States, China, Japan and the Middles East. Airbus operates an engineering officdon Wichita’s Old Town area.

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