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When Condoleezza Rice boarded the plane for Europe last week, it marked the first time in almost two years that an American diplomat had come to the Continent accompanied by good news out of Iraq. As the newly minted Secretary of State began a weeklong tour of eight European countries plus Israel and the West Bank, she was relieved that the Iraqi election had seen an unexpectedly high turnout and relatively low violence. Rice also brought with her a reassuring message: "President Bush has emphasized his desire to reinvigorate our relations across Europe," she said at the British Foreign Office...
TIME: Why is Airbus building the A380, by far the world's biggest plane...
STONECIPHER: Reasonable people can disagree. Airbus thinks passengers want to go through big-hub airports. Boeing thinks people want to go direct to their destination. It's also easier to build such a huge plane if somebody else--in this case, European taxpayers--is paying for one-third...
European airplane maker Airbus has unveiled the world's largest passenger plane, a double-decker behemoth that will seat up to 800 people. The A380 will make its first test flight this spring and begin flying passengers in 2006. But will U.S. airports be ready? No U.S. passenger airline has yet ordered the plane, but three airports--San Francisco's, Los Angeles' LAX and New York's John F. Kennedy--are gearing up for foreign airlines, such as Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines, that have. Some runways and taxiways have to be widened and terminals expanded for the extra passengers. Virgin...
...UNVEILED. The AIRBUS A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, at a VIP-packed gala in its hangar; in Toulouse, France. The result of a 10-year, $12 billion program linking construction plants in Britain, France, Germany and Spain, the A380 surpasses in size the U.S.-made Boeing 747, which has dominated the skies for 25 years. Airlines have already ordered more than 140 of the aircraft, which can carry up to 840 passengers on two decks. The first commercial flights are expected in spring...