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| General information | |
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| Role | Wide-body airliner |
| National origin | Multi-national |
| Manufacturer | Airbus |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Emirates |
| Number built | 254 (including 3 test aircraft) |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2003–2021 |
| Introduction date | 25 October 2007, with Singapore Airlines |
| First flight | 27 April 2005; 19 years ago |
In mid-1988, Airbus engineers led by Jean Roeder began work in secret on the development of an ultra-high-capacity airliner (UHCA), both to complete its own range of products and to break the dominance that Boeing had enjoyed in this market segment since the early 1970s with its 747.: 7 McDonnell Douglas unsuccessfully offered its double-deck MD-12 concept for sale Lockheed was exploring the possibility for a Very Large Subsonic Transport Roeder was given approval for further evaluations of the UHCA after a formal presentation to the President and CEO in June 1990.
In June 1994, Airbus announced its plan to develop its own very large airliner, designated as A3XX.[ Airbus considered several designs, including an unusual side-by-side combination of two fuselages from its A340, the largest Airbus jet at the time. The A3XX was pitted against the VLCT study and Boeing's own New Large Aircraft successor to the 747. In July 1995, the joint study with Boeing was abandoned, as Boeing's interest had declined due to analysis that such a product was unlikely to cover the projected $15 billion development cost. Despite the fact that only two airlines had expressed public interest in purchasing such a plane, Airbus was already pursuing its own large-plane project. Analysts suggested that Boeing would instead pursue stretching its 747 design, and that air travel was already moving away from the hub-and-spoke system that consolidated traffic into large planes, and toward more non-stop routes that could be served by smaller planes.
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