From: Gary Britt 

First comes the order announcements with great fan fare and publicity.
Later come the order cancellations.  That's been the Airbus A380 story so
far.

LOL,

Gary

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."
>
>
>
> Adam

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