Wednesday 29 May 2019

From European dream to global giant: Airbus marks half century

(MENAFN – AFP) Fifty years ago at the Paris air show, France’s transport minister and Germany’s economy minister signed an agreement that would change aviation history. The year was 1969 and Europe needed a smaller, lighter and more cost-effective passenger aircraft than American rivals. Five years later, the A300B2 was born, a short-to-medium range plane […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/from-european-dream-to-global-giant-airbus-marks-half-century/

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