Boeing Chases Large-Jet Market With Stretched 747-400

A decade ago, Airbus was looking for partners for a "540-ish-seat" long-range wide-body transport called the A3XX to challenge the 747-400, which Boeing was proposing to update with something called the 747-500/600. Airbus launched its very large aircraft as the A380 in 2001 with 550 seats on the...

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