This is a rarity, the launch brochure for the pioneering Airbus A300. The A300 was not only the worlds first widebody twin, but it was the opening salvo on what would become the worlds #1 commercial airliner manufacturer. Air France was the launch customer for the A300, beginning services between London and Paris in 1974. Orders barely trickled in until 1977, when Eastern's order of the A300 announced to the world Airbus was for real!