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Boeing Launches 787-10 With USD$30 Bln Of Orders
Boeing launched the 787-10 version of its flagship Dreamliner aircraft at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday with 102 firm orders worth nearly USD$30 billion at list prices. Boeing’s much-anticipated launch with five air...
EasyJet’s Airbus Order Sparks New Stelios Row
EasyJet’s multi-billion dollar deal to buy 135 aircraft from Airbus has sparked a new battle with the budget airline’s founder and biggest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who has voiced his opposition to th...
Lufthansa Confirms USD$10.4 Bln Airbus Order
Lufthansa confirmed an order for 100 Airbus A320-family aircraft worth around USD$10.4 billion at list prices at the Paris Airshow on Monday. The airline said it ordered 30 A320s, as well as 35 A320neo and 35 A321neo air...
Doric Unveils USD$8 Billion Airbus A380 Order
German transport financier Doric Asset Finance said on Monday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 20 Airbus A380 superjumbos in a deal worth USD$8 billion at list prices. Doric said the deal would be ...
TUI Travel Confirms Order For 60 Boeing 737MAX
British travel firm TUI Travel confirmed an order for 60 Boeing 737 MAX jets at the Paris Airshow on Monday, with an option to buy a further 90 more. TUI Travel, which operates Britain’s Thomson Airways, said in Ma...
Wide-Body Jets To Dominate Paris Airshow
Leading plane makers are battling over strategy for big jets as the Paris Airshow gets underway on Monday. After a bruising two-year fight for market share of popular smaller models, Airbus and Boeing are increasing the ...
