wide-body

British

adjective

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

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The order is the largest ever for wide-body aircraft by a Vietnamese airline, and the first direct aircraft purchase by Sun PhuQuoc Airways, parent company Sun Group said in a social-media statement Thursday.

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The Dreamliner, the model in the recent crash, is one of Boeing’s most successful products, giving it an edge over its European rival Airbus in the market for wide-body jets.

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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.

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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.

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

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