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Why Don't Any US Airlines Operate The World's Largest Commercial Aircraft?
US airlines have been decreasing the size of their aircraft for years, with the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 emerging as the upper limit.
Airlines are loving the Airbus A380 again. See where you can fly on the world's largest passenger jet this summer.
Emirates has the most Airbus A380 jets, but you can also enjoy the double-decker experience on British Airways, Qantas, ...
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Airlines are loving the Airbus A380 again. See where you can fly on the world's largest passenger jet this summer.
Lufthansa retired all 14 of its A380s during ... Following delays to the Boeing 777X, Qatar reversed plans to retire the A380. Its former CEO, Akbar Al-Bakar, said in 2021 that buying the planes ...
Boeing, NASA pause experimental, sustainable plane project
Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...
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NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.
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Boeing, NASA rain-check X-66 evolution to focus on long, thin-wing development
Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator to focus their research on the evolution of long, ...
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Boeing Puts X-66 On Ice But Will Continue Thin Wing Studies
Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...