Boeing pips Airbus on orders
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European plane maker Airbus concedes defeat to Boeing in the battle for new orders in 2007, but won on deliveries.
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NEW PLANE: Airbus gets the go-ahead from its owners to start taking orders for the A350, a new mid-sized passenger plane it hopes will be the nemesis of its rival Boeing&#39;s 7E7.
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Continental Airlines becomes the first major airline in the US to order Boeing's new 7E7 aircraft with a $1.3bn deal for 10 planes.
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LONDON/FRANKFURT  - U.S. plane maker Boeing Co  said on Thursday it had finalized an order for 10 737-800  airliners worth $655 million with German tourism firm TUI's  Hapag-Lloyd Flug holiday airline.
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British Airways PLC divided its largest aircraft order in nine years between rival plane manufacturers Boeing Co. and Airbus on Thursday as the carrier moves to increase capacity on its long-haul routes.
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Airbus cast aside worries about the future of two of its new aircraft and broke records at the 47th Paris Air Show with a haul of 728 orders, allowing it to nose past its arch-rival the US planemaker Boeing.
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Boeing  said on Thursday that  British Airways  finalized an order for 24 Boeing 787  airliners, an order valued at $4.4 billion at list prices.
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Boeing Co.  said on  Wednesday it has won an order for 16 planes from Air France KLM   worth a total of $2.7 billion at list prices.
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European plane maker Airbus conceded defeat to its US rival Boeing on Wednesday in the fierce competition for new orders in 2007, but both companies had record years.
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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. expects the "full elimination" of European subsidies to Airbus for development of new aircraft, a senior Boeing executive said Thursday.
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Airbus SAS beat Boeing Co. for an order worth as much as $6.6 billion from German budget airline Air Berlin and its Austrian partner Niki.
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Russia's Aeroflot orders Airbus's new A350 XWB plane in a major boost to the European aircraft maker.
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Boeing  said on Thursday that British Airways  finalized an order for 24 Boeing 787 airliners, an order valued at $4.4 billion at list prices.
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British Airways  announced a plane order worth $8.2 billion at list prices on Thursday, including 12 A380 planes from Airbus  and 24 787 airliners from Boeing Co .
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Boeing yesterday secured a $7.3bn (Â£4bn) order to supply 31 aircraft to Singapore Airlines, boosting its efforts to regain ground on Airbus.
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EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus hopes to win up to 50 orders for its new wide-body A350 by next June. The 4 billion ($A7 billion) A350 -- a spin-off of the earlier A330 -- is Airbus&#39;s response to Boeing&#39;s first
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THE already healthy order book of Airbus in Broughton has been given a further boost with an order for A380 superjumbos from Thailand.