On most narrowbody aircraft ( and some Airbus A300s and A310s ), the flight attendant call button and the buttons to control the reading lights are located directly on the PSU, while on most widebody aircraft, the flight attendant call button and the reading light control buttons are usually part of the in-flight entertainment system.

In the early 1990s Carnival Air Lines operated the first intra-Puerto Rican jet service from the airport to Ponce, with Boeing 727s and Airbus A300s.

Up to four Airbus A300s replaced 727-200s on Berlin – Frankfurt.

The A300s were subsequently replaced with Airbus A310s.

* May 10 – Airbus A300s are delivered to American Airlines and enter service with the airline.

By that time, VASP had plummeted from the second to the fourth position in the Brazilian airline market, flying an aged fleet of Boeing 737s ( most of them of the obsolete − 200 series ) and Airbus A300s.

In August 2011, nine of the company's planes ( seven Boeing 737-200s and two Airbus A300s ), grounded at Congonhas-São Paulo Airport since 2005 and by now badly weathered and dilapidated, began to be dismantled and sold for scrap at auction.

The company flew Airbus A300s, Boeing 727s and Boeing 737s on routes between San Juan, Orlando, Miami International Airport and Islip, and other charter services.

The two Saha Airbus A300s were repainted in a new livery with Iranian Airlines titles in 2009, which was a new carrier and not Saha rebranding.

* TTP-Time-Triggered Protocol: Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A380, Fly-By-Wire Actuation Platforms from Parker Aerospace

In the Airbus-Boeing WTO dispute, Airbus ( which receives outright subsidies from European governments ) has stated Boeing receives similar subsidies, which are hidden as inefficient defense contracts.

* Airbus and Boeing in the commercial large jet aircraft market

* Boeing and Airbus have a duopoly over the airliner market.

Together, these nine airlines had a combined fleet of some 860 aircraft, mostly Boeing from the United States and Airbus from France.

To meet growing demands for passenger and cargo capacity, in 2005 these airlines significantly expanded their fleets with orders placed for additional Boeing and Airbus aircraft expected to be delivered by 2010.

Aeronautics offers ; airborne systems, related subsystems, Unmanned Aerial Systems ( UAS ) and aerostructures The business area Aeronautics is responsible for airframe structures for JAS 39 Gripen, and whole sections for Airbus, Boeing and NH90.

It can accommodate Boeing 757, Boeing 737, Airbus 320 series, Avro RJ, Fokker 70, and ATR 72 aircraft.

In 2012 Pullmantur Air started its charter operations from Madrid-Barajas Airport with three Airbus 321s and two to three Boeing 747s.

On 6 September 2012 the company opened a new column-free three-bay hangar for Base Maintenance works of narrow-body aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

The Boeing 747 was the world's biggest passenger aircraft from 1970 until it was surpassed by the Airbus A380 in 2005.

For example, aeroplanes made by Airbus need to be certified by the FAA to be flown in the United States and vice versa, airplanes made by Boeing need to be approved by the JAA to be flown in the European Union.

These include all current Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer models as well as Helicopters.

Aircraft in this category are the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Airbus A300 / A310, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A380, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Ilyushin Il-86 and Ilyushin Il-96.

The 1990s saw further fleet type renewal ; the DC-10-30s were replaced with twin-engined Airbus A330 and the Boeing 747s with four-engined Airbus A340.

However, while the airport has hosted Boeing 747s ( and notably, the U. S. President's Air Force One ), as of 2009, the largest aircraft to use the airport for regularly scheduled service are the Airbus A330-300s operated by Air Berlin on non stop flights to Düsseldorf.

Chartered Boeing 747s ( United Airlines ) have also visited, as has an Airbus A340 during the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, to the nearby Biltmore Estate in 1996.

Plans were made for the renewal of the fleet with the possible acquisition of 10 Airbus A330s, 20 Airbus A320neo, 10 Airbus A321neo and 10 Airbus A350s, in order to replace the ageing Boeing 727 and 747s.

The airport is located north of Guayaquil's centre, on the Avenida de las Américas, and has a runway with a length of, an elevation of, and can accommodate Boeing 747s, MD-11s and Airbus A340-600 aircraft.

Although the rule still applies, the visible fuselage " waisting " can only be seen on a few aircraft, such as the B-1B Lancer, Learjet 60, and the Tupolev Tu-160 ' Blackjack ' — the same effect is now achieved by careful positioning of aircraft components, like the boosters and cargo bay on rockets ; the jet engines in front of ( and not directly below ) the wings of the Airbus A380 ; the jet engines behind ( and not purely at the side of ) the fuselage of a Cessna Citation X ; the shape and location of the canopy on the F-22 Raptor ; and the image of the Airbus A380 above showing obvious area rule shaping at the wing root, which is practically invisible from any other angle.

Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft remain based in Wichita today, along with Learjet and Spirit AeroSystems, and both Airbus and Boeing maintain a workforce in Wichita.

However, the city remains a major manufacturing center for the aircraft industry today, with Hawker Beechcraft, Bombardier, Cessna, and even Airbus all having major manufacturing centers in town.

Bombardier Learjet, Cessna, and Hawker Beechcraft are based in Wichita, along with Spirit AeroSystems, and both Airbus and Boeing maintain a large work force in Wichita.

For example, landing a multi-engine turboprop military such as a C-130 Hercules, under fire in a grass field in a war zone, requires different skills and precautions than landing a single engine plane such as a Cessna 150 on a paved runway in uncontrolled airspace, which is different from landing an airliner such as a Airbus A380 at a major airport with air traffic control.

It has longstanding collaborative relationships with Airbus North America, Boeing, Bombardier-Learjet, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft, Spirit AeroSystems, and other Wichita aviation concerns.

He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela and, to date ( 5-2011 ) the company has sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation.

Test carriers were so far the Airbus A300 for short duration parabolic flights and the sounding rocket test campaigns REXUS3-REGINA and REXUS4-MIRIAM for longer duration flight tests under free space conditions.

Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the Airbus A300-600 sensitive rudder system design and elements of the American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Training Program.

Subsequent French efforts were part of the Airbus pan-European initiative.

But sales of the F70 were below expectations and the F100 had strong competition from Boeing and Airbus by then.

The Boeing 737 and later types, and Airbus A300 series, are well-known airplane types that were certificated to FAR Part 25.

At issue were allegations that Mulroney had accepted bribes in the " Airbus affair " concerning government contracts.

41 of these were Boeing jets, 2 Airbus, and 10 turbo-prop produced by ATR and Dash.

From the 2000s ( decade ) on, the concourse consisted of just four domestic-only gates, each of which were capable of accommodating small-to-medium jet aircraft from the Boeing 737 up to the Airbus A300, and had American Airlines as its sole tenant.

All of the Airbus were leased from CIT Aerospace of USA in a seven-year contract, and are deployed mainly on regional routes.

In 1984 Airbus A310s were introduced on routes that had high passenger-density.

The Airbus A330-200 with 146 other passengers and 11 crew members on board was forced to land at Málaga Airport, were the perpetrator was overpowered by Spanish police forces.

In June 2006, aircraft from Freedom Air were combined with Air New Zealand's fleet of Airbus A320-200 under the Air Operators Certificate ( AOC ) of Zeal320 Limited, which was then the sole operator of the Air New Zealand Group's Airbus fleet.

Among other unique airplanes that have recently appeared at Oshkosh were the Airbus " Beluga " in 2003, the F-22 Raptor in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the V-22 Osprey in 2008 and 2010, NASA's Super Guppy in 2000, the B-2 Spirit in 2007, the C-5 Galaxy in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

* On 22 June 2009, it was revealed that Iraqi Airways had struck a deal with British aviation authorities to resume direct Baghdad-London ( Gatwick ) flights ; the flights were supposed to begin on 8 August 2009 using a Boeing 737-400 leased from Tor Air and should eventually get the Airbus A320-232 operating the route ; this has failed to happen and there has been no news since.

Bar and lounge areas which were once installed on the Boeing 747 have mostly disappeared, but a few have returned in first class or business class on the Airbus A340-600, Boeing 777-300ER, and on the Airbus A380.

As the company was unable to receive spare parts for its then fleet of Boeing, Douglas, Airbus and Lockheed airliners, Soviet built aircraft of the types Ilyushin Il-76 and Tupolev Tu-154 were acquired.

When the trade sanctions were lifted in early 1999, Libyan Arab Airlines could rebuilt its international network, and order new aircraft from manufacturers like Airbus, Bombardier or ATR.

Two new Airbus A319s, smaller than its other aircraft, were added in 2002.

National subsidies were diverted to the Airbus program, and the end came for the VFW-614.

National subsidies were diverted to the Airbus program, and the end came for the VFW-614.