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Airbus specializes in wide-body airliner jets and with the success of its growing line of airliners it has carved a considerable niche in the market. In the late 1990s, a need was seen for a large jet that could land at many inner city airports. Many cities were growing and jets with greater capacities were needed. However, most inner city airports could not handle the larger sizes and thus built larger landing strips further away from the downtown areas.
The Airbus 318 began as a joint program between Airbus Europe, Aviation Industries of China, Singapore Technologies Aerospace, and Alenia. The idea was to build an aircraft that could carry a considerable number of passengers, in wide-body comfort, and still utilize these inner-city landing strips. By the time the project had produced the first Airbus 318, the terrorist attacks in the U.S. in 2001 caused a drastic reduction of new Aircraft orders, stalling the initial progress of this airliner jet. However, that did not last and the Airbus 318 has proven to be a valuable asset to companies worldwide.
