airbus

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a European commercial aircraft manufacturer
A short, medium, or long-range subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one
{i} European consortium that manufactures commercial aircraft (comprised of 4 companies)
An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances. a group of European companies that builds aircraft which carry a large number of passenger. The aircraft they build are also called Airbus
a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
Airbus Industrie
European consortium that builds aircraft (comprised of 4 companies)
Airbus S.A.S
European aircraft manufacturer that is the world's second largest maker of commercial aircraft (after Boeing Co.). It is co-owned by the German-French-Spanish European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), with an 80% interest, and Britain's BAE Systems, with 20%. Airbus was formed as a consortium in 1970 by French and German aerospace firms (later joined by Spanish and British companies) to fill a market niche for short-to medium-range, high-capacity jetliners and to compete with long-established American manufacturers. Its first product, the A300, entered service in 1974. It was the first wide-body jetliner equipped with only two engines for more economical operation. The twin-engine A320 (entered service 1988) incorporated numerous technical innovations, notably fly-by-wire (electric rather than mechanically linked), computer-based flight controls. The four-engine A340 (1993) and smaller, twin-engine A330 (1994) were long-range airliners. In 2000 Airbus launched development of the A380, intended to be the world's largest passenger jet with a typical seating of 555 people. The consortium integrated into a single company in 2001
airbuses
plural of airbus
airbusses
plural of airbus
airbus

    Hyphenation

    air·bus

    Turkish pronunciation

    erbıs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈerbəs/ /ˈɛrbəs/

    Etymology

    () air + bus
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