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10/23/12

Airbus launches assembly line for long-range A350

Airbus inaugurated an assembly line on Tuesday for its new A350 jets, which the European manufacturer hopes will break Boeing's domination of the long-haul passenger aircraft market.

Airbus has become a symbol of European excellence and shows that "France and Europe can succeed in international competition," said French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at the ceremony opening the 74,000 sq m facility outside the south-western city of Toulouse.

The A350XWB (extra wide body), which Airbus expects to begin delivering in 2014, will "allow us to capture fifty per cent of the long-haul aircraft market," said the company's chief executive Fabrice Brégier.

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