Airbus and Boeing enjoy 780 sales at air show, mostly to secret buyers
Vying for sales supremacy, the tendency towards undisclosed buyers is attributed to Chinese and Asian buyers trying to avoid catching Trump’s attention
Farnborough — The contest for supremacy at the year’s biggest aviation expo extended into a fourth day as France’s Airbus and US’s Boeing traded blows with a rush of deals worth $32bn at list prices. Boeing resumed hostilities at the Farnborough Air Show south-west of London with the announcement of an order for 100 737 Max single-aisle jets from an unnamed buyer valued at $11.7bn based on list prices. That was followed by confirmation of a $2.8bn contract for 10 787-9s from Hawaiian Airlines that saw the US carrier drop an earlier Airbus A330neo purchase. Airbus hit back with an outline deal from Vietnam’s Vietjet for 50 A321neos — sticker price $6.5bn — and one for 10 smaller A320neos worth $1.1bn, again from an unidentified purchaser. Airbus capped the morning with a much-anticipated $10bn sale of 34 A330neo wide-bodies to the long-haul arm of AirAsia Group, helping revitalise a programme that’s struggled to make headway against Boeing’s popular 787 Dreamliner. At the same time, ...
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