United Sees No Room For A380 In Long-Haul Fleet

United Airlines President and CEO Jeffery Smisek is seeking aircraft larger than the Airbus A350-900 for the carrier’s future long-haul fleet, but is discounting the double-deck Airbus A380. The European manufacturer’s A380 is “probably a little large for what we need”, but the A350-900 on the other...

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