Example sentences for: airbus

How can you use “airbus” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A Mr. Donald N. S. Unger, in criticizing a recent William Safire pitch for anti-missile missiles, refers to how the Aegis missile system shot down an Iranian Airbus during the Gulf war, mistaking it for a Mig fighter plane.

  • The dramatic extent of the development is pointed out by the NYT 's observation that Boeing alone has produced nearly 10,000 airliners currently in service, and that the recommendation applies to the planes of at least one other company, Airbus, as well.

  • In a countermove, Airbus today announced plans to build the A318, a 107-seat passenger jet that will pose a challenge to Boeing's 737, a still-popular commuter plane derived from 1960's technology.

  • Atta told Binalshibh he wanted to select planes departing on long flights because they would be full of fuel, and that he wanted to hijack Boeing aircraft because he believed them easier to fly than Airbus aircraft, which he understood had an autopilot feature that did not allow them to be crashed into the ground.

  • It recalled the United States' $3-billion-a-year aid for Israel and said that France, the leading member of the four-nation Airbus consortium, was always opposing U.S. foreign policy, "and in ways that directly jeopardise Israel's interests."


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