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The Air Cargo Carrying Potential of The Airbus A350-900XWB and Boeing 787-9 Aircraft on Their Ultra-Long-Haul Flights: A Case Study for Flights from San Francisco to Singapore Cover

The Air Cargo Carrying Potential of The Airbus A350-900XWB and Boeing 787-9 Aircraft on Their Ultra-Long-Haul Flights: A Case Study for Flights from San Francisco to Singapore

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|Nov 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2018-0025 | Journal eISSN: 1407-6179 | Journal ISSN: 1407-6160
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