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Airbus Courts US Carriers

Slow-selling A380 on sales road trip to Midwest and LA

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 7:14 AM CST

(Newser) – Airbus's first A380 superjumbo jet is making calls a long way from its home base in Toulouse, France—in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Sydney—as representatives make another push for orders for the slow-selling 555-seater. Northwest Airlines executives plan to look over the aircraft, despite... Read full story »

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