0 A wide-bodied aircraft is wider and larger than average:
Most of the planes which carry passengers across the Atlantic are wide-bodied jets.
The new airfield will be able to operate wide-bodied aircraft, civil as well as military.
In the opposite direction to that influence, and complicating it further, has been the development of large wide-bodied aircraft.
There is the work on refurbishing the runway to enable the heavier wide-bodied jets to use the airport.
We are, however, looking into the possibility of acquiring a small number of wide-bodied jets for conversion to the strategic tanker role.
It is true that air congestion was partially solved by the wide-bodied jumbos on long hauls.
Secondly, the use of wide-bodied aeroplanes on short-haul routes will increase.
The other factor which has changed considerably since our debate in 1971 is the development and use of wide-bodied aircraft.
If it cannot, there is little chance of its taking a wide-bodied jet.
