From: George Sherwood 

Ad wrote:
> http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=21120
>
> "Qatar Airways announced an order for three Airbus A380 superjumbo
> airliners and confirmed an order for 80 mid-sized A350 aircraft on the
> first day of the Paris Air Show on Monday.
>
> The planes would be worth slightly more than 18 billion dollars (13.4
> billion euros) at catalogue prices.
>
> The order for 80 A350s, first announced in March this year, is worth
> 17.2 billion dollars at catalogue prices while three A380s would be
> priced at 957 million dollars, according to Airbus sales figures."
>
> Interesting that the main US base in the Gulf chose airbus inc the A350.
>
> Oh &
>
> "Also on Monday, a source said that Dubai-based airline Emirates, the
> biggest single client for the superjumbo, would announce an order for up
> to 10 additional A380s."
>

Good day for sure, but where does the restructuring plan stand?  Some
interesting thought here.  If such great news why is the stock still
falling?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asdLOkrv9ghE&refer=home

Airbus squandered its position as the dominant planemaker with its bet on
the 555-seat A380 superjumbo jet, which is two years behind schedule and
will cut profit at parent European Aerospace & Defence Co. by 4.8
billion euros ($6.4 billion) by 2010. Boeing has 584 orders for the 787
Dreamliner, while Airbus had 13 firm contracts for the A350 before the
show. Boeing beat Airbus in orders last year for the first time since 2001.

Shares of EADS fell 16 cents, or 0.7 percent, to 24.12 euros yesterday in
Paris. Boeing dropped 75 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $97.40 in New York. The
stock of the European planemaker's parent rose just 0.8 percent over the
last two years, while Boeing surged 51 percent.

Of 34 analysts who follow EADS shares, 10 recommend buying, eight say hold
and 16, almost half, recommend selling, according to data compiled by
Bloomberg. Of 21 analysts who follow Boeing, 12 recommend buying, seven
holding and just two see the stock as a ``sell.''

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