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Gary Britt wrote:
> 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.
>
Oh &

http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=200
7-06-18T222308Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-303648-3.xml

"Airbus unveiled over $40 billion of orders or pledges on Monday, with
a third of the business going to its A350 XWB programme, giving it a
much-needed lift in its battle against Boeing Co.

Boosted by fast-growing hubs in the Middle East, the European group used
the opening day of the Paris air show to unveil a firmed-up $17 billion
sale to Qatar Airways and to show it had beaten off a Boeing challenge to a
$10 billion order from US Airways.

Including orders from those two airlines and Kuwaiti aircraft financing
company ALAFCO, Airbus clinched a total of 114 deals for the A350 XWB -- a
plane vital to its hopes of catching up with Boeing and its hot-selling
787."

""I'm hopeful 150 (A350 XWB orders) could be reached at the show
and we will definitely have more than 200 by the end of the year,"
Leahy told Reuters."

" To have Emirates back in a buying mood is important, because the
airline is the biggest A380 customer and is also on the hunt for up to 100
mid-sized planes.

US Airways, which had committed to 20 of an earlier proposed version of the
A350, confirmed it would take 22 of the latest version, the XWB ("Xtra
Wide Body"), instead.

Adding 10 twin-aisle A330s and 60 single-aisle A320s to the order was the
surprise of the show so far.

Lessor GECAS announced deals with both planemakers, taking 60 A320s from
Airbus worth $4.2 billion at list prices and six 777 freighters from Boeing
worth $1.4 billion."

So Airbus is selling something Boeing doesn't have & it's selling
against Boeing's new toy as well.

Adam

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