AIRBUS TO TRADE RANGE FOR SEATS IN NEW A340
Airbus Industrie says it could have a new version of its four-engine A340 ready by 1997 that would trade seats for even longer range--up to 9,000 mi. or 17.5 hr. of nonstop flying. Called the A340-8000 and based on the A340-200, the new, 8,000-naut.-mi. aircraft would have an increased takeoff...
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