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Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:43 AM

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Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:43 AM

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Don't care what airline you fly on as long as you fly on an A380 jumbo jet? Then Airbus has a website for you.

Airbus (EADSF) has launched a booking site dedicated solely to A380 flights, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the aircraft among some passengers.

"Booking systems today do not allow the passengers to easily choose their preferred aircraft and we decided to fill that gap by easing the access to the iconic A380 aircraft, for everybody," said Marc Fontaine, Airbus Digital Transformation Officer.

The A380 super jumbo jet operates on 102 routes to around 50 destinations globally, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Dubai, Tokyo and Sydney.

The new website, http://iflya380.com, allows passengers to pick any A380 flight operated by one of the 13 airlines that fly the super jumbo.

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Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:46 AM

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Five people believed to be linked to the man who killed 84 people in Nice are in police custody, the Paris prosecutor's office says.

Three arrests were made on Saturday and two on Friday, Le Monde reported.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a lorry through crowds marking Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday before he was shot dead by police.

So-called Islamic State claims the lorry attack was carried out by one of its followers.

A news agency linked to the group, Amaq Agency, said: "He did the attack in response to calls to target the citizens of the coalition that is fighting the Islamic State."

French President Francois Hollande will chair crisis talks later.

Mr Hollande, who says the attack was a terrorist act, has already extended a state of emergency by three months.