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 ...ith the A3XX commercially launched,
Airbus is confident it can take on Boeing
in the ultra-large aircraft market
The XX files
Qantas has declared interest in the A 3 XX, stating a requirement for 10 aircr...
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Airbus is focusing on a double-deck layout for the A3XX, with the basic version seating 5 SO passengers
747-500 and -600. Boeing is showing signs of
returning to the fray with revised designs, how
ever, only adding to the pressure to launch. First ...
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 ...OMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
Model
Engines
Dimensions Landing Accomodation Max Fuel
gear
Span Track
(m| (ml
Length Wheelbase
(ml (ml
Height Turn radius
(m) (m)
Wing area
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notes
A3XX-50
weights (kg) (ftresl
Typical
pax Take-off Standard
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pax Landing Optional
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width fuel
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 ... says Brown.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN FREEZE
Philippe Jarry, vice-president for market devel
opment in the Large Aircraft division of Airbus,
says that the consortium now has 120 people
working on the A3XX project within the divi
sion and a further 250 with the partner compa
nies. A preliminary design freeze was made
"pretty much on schedule" on 22 January, says
Jarry, who adds that low speed w...
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 ...OMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
Air Canada has based its long-term fleet plans around the Airbus families, with orders for single-aisle A319s andA320s, and tvidebody A330s andA340s
A3XX
Airbus knows that it must break Boeing's
monopoly of the high-capacity long-range-air
liner market to be truly competitive. In the early
1990s, the rival firms studied the joint develop
ment...
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 ...o 13,875km (7,500nm).
Maximum take-off weight would
be more than 454,000kg. Although
wing root inserts have been studied
many times for the 747, the recent
decision by Airbus to delay its rival
A3XX has breathed new urgency
into the project.
Boeing says that"...the study is
more than just an exercise" and that
it is aimed at capturing part of the
projected A3XX market. No details
of th...
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 ...irbus vice-presi
dent for forecasting and market development.
"If this growth isn't achieved, even more large
aircraft will be needed than we forecast."
According to Brown, the rationale for the
A3XX is based on expectations that airlines will
have to provide 47 % more seats over the next 2 0
years to cope with the travel explosion. "If there
is no A3XX, these demands will simply not be
m...
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 ...e DOC reduction we're looking for,"
says Robert Lafontaine, vice-president of engi
neering and product development for the large
aircraft division.
The aerodynamic advances incorporated
into the A3XX have been confirmed in more
than 50 wind tunnel tests across Europe and
have led to the recently added A320-like
wingtip fences to reduce lift-induced drag.
The A3XX will be less naturally st...
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 ...e judiciary had
the resources to examine it.
"Now the wing reconstruction is
beginning and the engines have
been taken to the BEA's Paris
engine plant for teardown." •
Qantas set to sign up for A3XX as SIA considers engine choice
PAUL LEWIS/WASNINGTON DC
QANTAS AIRWAYS is set to be the next airline to decide
between the Airbus Industrie
A3XX and Boeing 747X as launch
customer Singapore ...
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 ...th from next April. KAL
recognised its pilots' union in
May. Until then, pilots had
been considered equivalent
to state security personnel,
and were forbidden.
Airbus floats novel plan to
ship A3XX sub-assemblies
MAX KINGSLEY-JONES/BRISTOL
AIRBUS Industrie is finalising plans to transport A3XX
components from partner sites to
die Toulouse production line,
which will see large sub-assem...
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 ...gapore Tech
nologies Aerospace, has
signed an agreement with
Boeing to perform passenger-
to-freighter conversions on
MD-11 and McDonnell
Douglas DC-10 tri-jets.
Airbus stands by timetable
for A3XX commercial launch
AIRBUS INDUSTRIF is sticking to its claim that it will
be able to generate enough airline
interest in the A3XX to achieve a
commercial launch by mid-year,
despite sceptical...
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 ...tR TRANSPORT
A3XX programme gathers momentum
as Moll is signed with Rolls-Royce
MAX KINGSLEY-JONES/LONDON
JULIAN MOXON/PARIS
AIRBUS Industrie's plans to compete head-on with Boeing
in the large airliner marke...
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 ...l be flown in January followed
by the -500 in July. Deliveries of the A340-600
will begin in early 2002, followed shortly after
bytheA340-500.
Production: See A3 30
Ordered: 305
Delivered: 182
A3XX
AIRBUS IS MOVING nearer to completing its
product line-up with the preparation of the
launch programme for the 5 5 5 -seat A3 XX early
next year, backed by a substantial tally of com
mitment...
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 ...erodynamic noise from the A3 XX, and is con
fident that it will be quieter than the 747-400.
If the full-sized A3XX cabin mock-up at
Airbus' Toulouse headquarters is anytliing to go
by, passengers boarding the real aircraft for die
first time will certainly be aware of a huge
increase in the amount of spac...
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 ...JMAOUMlES
GP7000 to get launch on A3XX
GUY NORRIS/LOS ANGELES
THE GENERAL Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine
Alliance GP7000 engine is expect
ed to be formally launched on the
Airbus A3XX, following its appar
ent selection by Gener...
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 ...range of over 15,300km. The -500's bet
ter payload/range characteristics may see it
replace the smaller A340-8000 in the Airbus
product line.
Production - See A3 3 0
Ordered: 178
Delivered: 87
A3XX
Airbus has always faced a dilemma over how to
break the Boeing's monopoly of the high-capac
ity long-range-airliner market. After an
abortive two-year study period, during which
the Airbus p...
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 ...n, it may struggle to secure a deal in
die short term.
LONG-TERM OUTLOOK
The expected continued traffic growth on
routes between Asia and Europe and the USA
has been one ofthe key factors in the A3XX's
conception, and Forgeard dismisses concerns
that the Asian crisis will have an impact on the
programme. "We build aircraft which will
remain in service for at least 30 years.
Therefore, we...
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 ...
$1.5-1.8 billion in 1999 from
turnover of $58 billion, with rev
enues slipping to $49 billion in
2000. "We will not dip in 2000,
despite having lower revenues,"
says Hopkins. •
Airbus focuses A3XX efforts on alliance groups
ANDREW DOYLE/MUNICH
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE pre dicts that the world's four main
airline alliance groupings will
absorb almost three quarters of all
A3XX-sized aircraft d...
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 ...irbus sets targets for A3XX
definition and line location
MAX KINGSLEY-JONES/PARIS
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE aims to complete the baseline defini
tion of the A3XX programme by
the end of this year and to finalise
the selection ...
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 ...ARNBOKOUGH SHOW REPORT
US 'pressure' not to join A3XX
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE says it remains committed to finding
risk-sharing partners for the A3 XX
in the USA, amid claims from
senior sources close to the Euro
pean airframer that US manufac
turers...
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