Jean-Luc Lagardere final assembly line, Airbus Clement Ader site, Colomiers/Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
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Airbus[3] release, 18 January 2005: "will be officially revealed to the world for the first time at a ceremony ... later today (18th January)" in the Jean-Luc Lagardere Final Assembly Line hall; Chirac's speech is dated 18 janvier 2005.On 18 January 2005 Airbus revealed the first A380 to more than 4,500 guests in its Toulouse final assembly hall, with the leaders of France, the UK, Germany and Spain presiding. The prototype wore Airbus's new livery, three months before its first flight.
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