Boeing and Airbus bag deals worth $15bn
Airbus extends early order lead as Boeing gets boost with $6.3bn Korean deal
18 June 2019 - 16:41
Paris — Airbus and Boeing secured a combined $15bn of plane deals on day two of the Paris Airshow, as their sales teams scrapped for orders after a downturn in business at many airlines and the grounding of Boeing’s top-selling jet.
Airbus extended its early lead in orders at the event with a $6bn deal on Tuesday to sell 36 planes to Philippines airline Cebu Air, including 10 of the new long-range A321XLR model launched on Monday...
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