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Monday, July 10, 2006


Suck it, commies.
However, the order figures reported on Monday reflect the growing difficulties being faced by Airbus in the most lucrative segments of the market for wide-bodied long-haul jets, where Airbus secured only 21 new orders compared with 96 for its A320 family of single aisle aircraft.

By contrast arch-rival Boeing announced a jump in gross orders from 439 to 487 in the first six months. It won 96 orders for wide-bodied jets led by its highly successful 787 Dreamliner programme, to which Airbus has been struggling for more than a year to develop a response with its A350.

The Boeing 787, which is first due to enter commercial service in 2008, and the much longer established Boeing 777, have been winning the lion's share of orders for wide-bodied long-haul aircraft placed during the last 18 months.
If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.



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