Airbus lands $17 billion Qatar order
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European planemaker Airbus  landed $17 billion in orders from Qatar Airways at the start of  the Paris air show on Monday including a new order for three  A380 superjumbos.
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Rolls-Royce PLC, the world's second-largest aircraft engine maker, said Monday that it won orders worth a total of $6.32 billion, including a record $5.6 billion contract to supply engines to Qatar Airways.
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China Eastern Airlines said yesterday it valued its new order of 20 Airbus jets at $3.4 billion. The A330-300s will be delivered to China&#39;s third-largest airline between 2006 and 2008.
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The owner of Airbus approves the building of the A350 jet and says it will fund most of the $13bn project itself.
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PARIS -- Qatar Airways extended a much-needed boost to Airbus on Wednesday, ordering another 20 A350s to become the European jetmaker's largest customer for the wide-body jet with a total order of 80 planes worth a listing price of $16 billion.
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European plane maker Airbus said on Wednesday that Russian airline Aeroflot had confirmed an order for 22 Airbus A350 aircraft and wanted an additional five single-aisled A321s.
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European aircraft maker Airbus took almost as many orders as its US rival Boeing last year, the chief executive of its parent company EADS, Louis Gallois, said here on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it has signed a 4.43 billion pound (8.86 billion dollar) deal to buy 72 Eurofighter planes, after tortuous negotiations on one of the largest ever British export orders.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd  said on Monday it had ordered an additional 12 Bombardier Inc  Q400 aircraft in a A$400 million ($357 million) deal.
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Norwegian firm Hydro and Qatar's state energy company signed a deal to build one of world's largest aluminium plants in the gas-rich Gulf state at a cost of three billion dollars.
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Qatar Airways ordered 20 more Airbus A350s to become the largest customer for the wide-body jet, with a total order of 80 planes worth a listed price of $16 billion. Louis Gallois, chief executive of Airbus, said it was one of Airbusâs biggest orders ever. The Qatar Airways agreement for 20 A350-800s, 40 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s, as with most large orders, would probably come with deep discounts from the listing price. The agreement replaces one for 60 A350s signed in 2005. The commitment for 20 extra planes brings Airbusâs total orders for the A350 to 268.
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Airbus, the European aircraft maker, has scored a strategic victory over its US rival Boeing by capturing a key order for 40 new aircraft from AirAsia, the fast-growing Malaysian low-cost carrier.
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Airbus won a contract from EgyptAir for five 330-200s, a deal valued at $881 million at list prices. The order from the expanding Egyptian carrier includes options for an additional three planes, Airbus said. EgyptAir, the state-owned airline based in Cairo, said in a preliminary announcement Aug. 15 that two A330-200F planes to be used for training were part of the order, which will bring to 12 the number of A330-200s in EgyptAirâs fleet. Airbus is based in Toulouse, France.
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Turkish Airlines signed a 2.8-billion-dollar (2.22-billion-euro) contract with Airbus here to purchase 36 planes to bolster its ageing fleet.
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EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus hopes to win up to 50 orders for its new wide-body A350 by next June. The 4 billion ($A7 billion) A350 -- a spin-off of the earlier A330 -- is Airbus&#39;s response to Boeing&#39;s first
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China signed a contract to buy 23 A319, A320 and A321 commercial jets from aircraft manufacturer Airbus in a deal worth close to 1.0 billion euros (1.34 billion dollars).
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EADS   unit  Airbus has clinched a U.S. Airways  order for 22 A350  XWB planes worth more than $4 billion at list prices, sources  said on Monday.