The latest Airbus, the A380 double-decker to carry 555 passengers, had cost around $12 billion even before its first test flight a couple of months ago.
Airbus, too, is about to deliver its own behemoth jetliner — the A380 double-decker — to a single customer this year, the Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, a major investor in Citigroup.
"The electric bus technology is interesting because you can't charge up a double-decker to get across from one side of London to another, so it's like your electric toothbrush technology.
And in the end, a compromise was reached that allowed for the double-decker to play a role in marking the occasion: The ambassadors had breakfast at the United Nations and were treated to a ride around a traffic circle in front of the Secretariat Building, Ms. Thomas said.
Under Mr. Grant's leadership, the business flourished, growing from a fleet of 2 double-deckers to 63 today, according to state records and the company's office.
Or you could also line up 25 of London's new Routemaster buses or 28 of the traditional double-deckers to get an idea of the length of the ship.
While "Answer Me" was driving a double-decker to the top of the UK charts 60 years ago, Paul McCartney was an 11 year old Liverpudlian with a special ear for pop music.
I rent a barn which is a repository of everything I've saved from my life, including food packaging – lolly, sweet and chocolate wrappers, pertinent to different times, like the Double Decker given to me by my first girlfriend.
Pedestrians passing through the many entrances to Queen Victoria Square are confronted by a massive white object, high enough for a double decker bus to pass through, enveloping a sort of sleek industrial grace pointing to the future.
