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Article: Company Watch - Airbus.
- Article from:
- Airguide Online
- Article date:
- March 13, 2006
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Airbus
Airbus to say good-bye to the airplane that started it all. Airbus will halt production of its first airliner. The France-based aircraft maker, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., said the last model from its wide-bodied A300/A310 family will roll off the production line in July 2007 with the handover of the last A300-600F currently on order. "It is in Airbus's best business interest to optimize the use of its resources at this time. . .in response to growing demand from our customers for the newer Airbus products like the A321, the A330/A340 family and the new A350 aircraft," President and CEO Gustav Humbert explained in a statement. The ...