Express Delivery... Airbus Style!

摘要

So, you have decided to build a range of technologically advanced airliners, the main components of which are manufactured at factories located across Europe; but how do you get these very valuable structures to the final assembly lines? Transportation by road is one option, and is useful to some degree, as is ferrying by sea, but both are time-consuming and a lot slower than flying. However, some of the structures are simply too big to fit into standard cargo aircraft, and outsized freighters are not always available when you might want them. Factor in the very fluid nature of manufacturing requirements, and there really is only one option - to operate your own fleet of transport aircraft.