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Old 22nd August 2011 | 14:30
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Originally Posted by Clandestino
No SAS on FBW Airbuses.
Just a nitpick about "Airbus SAS"....
Airbus is a SAS, which stands for "Société par Actions Simplifiée" and refers to a "société anonyme with special statutes" according to French commercial law (I'm no expert in commercial law, and had to look up he term in Wikipedia).
I would say "Airbus SAS" is the common way of referring to the company, when trying to avoid confusion with the aircraft 'as such'.
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