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wide-body

adjective

  1. (of an aircraft) having a wide fuselage, esp wide enough to contain three rows of seats abreast

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Airbus executives had previously said that challenges, especially with Spirit, were pressuring plans to increase production of A220s and A350 wide-body aircraft.

Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg warned in a September investor conference that the Federal Aviation Administration was taking longer to certify the wide-body 777X than the company would like.

The plane is Boeing’s newest wide-body jet that can carry more than 400 passengers in certain cabin configurations.

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The European plane maker has been working on modifying its A350, a large wide-body jet used on long-haul international flights, with the expectation cargo carriers might use such a system first.

The airline has announced a cut in international operations on its wide-body aircraft as it grapples with several disruptions in the aftermath of the crash.

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