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• n  a commercial airliner with two aisles

• The huge wide-body plane (its cabin is 136 ft.
• IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT PLANES CAN GET MUCH bigger than a Boeing 747, which soared into history as the first wide-body jet.
• The 787's 50% composite structure makes it the greenest wide-body, using 20% less fuel than others its size.

• widebody aircraft
• wide-body aircraft
• twin-aisle airplane

News & Articles

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• Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones
  Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:59 am, Monday, June 17, 2013 PARIS (AP) — The Paris Air Show, which opened for business on Monday, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense ...
  June 22, 2013 - seattlepi.com
• Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s
  Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Air France-KLM ordered 25 Airbus A350 jets on Wednesday, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week will be central to its plan to expand long-haul flights after years of struggling against discount carriers in Europe. Wednesday's announcements at the Paris Air Show represent a vote of confidence in ...
  June 20, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
• Air France-KLM orders 25 of Airbus wide-body A350
  Air France-KLM is ordering 25 Airbus A350 jets, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week is key to plans to expand long-haul flights. Wednesday's announcement at the Paris Air ...
  June 19, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Christian Streiff in Jamaica Observer
  The order for more A380s represents an enormous vote of confidence in the programme, whilst the selection of the all new A350 XWB reasserts Airbus' determination to compete vigorously in the twin engine, wide-body market,said Airbus Chief...