European nations joined forces to form this company whose widebody A300 was launched in 1974
206 - Levy Economics Institute of Bard College [PAR] commercial aircraft and engines, and a greater role for foreign companies in ... 
engine program can run to $1.5 billion (for firms whose revenues are in the $6 ..... 
European countries and Japan had recognized the strategic importance of ... first 
Airbus, the commercial wide-body, twin-aisle A300, entered service in 1974,... [DOC] [TLE] the challenge of foreign competition - Aerospace Industries ... [PAR] Percentage of Wide-Body Aircraft Signups of Major Transport.