Airbus Gains Altitude - by Carol Matlack
It's been a long time since Airbus has had better news to deliver than Boeing BA. But on Jan. 16, as the U.S. jetmaker was acknowledging additional delays on its new 787 Dreamliner (BusinessWeek.com, 1/15/08), Airbus reported logging a record 1,341 orders and 453 airplane deliveries in 2007, while making better-than-expected progress on cost reductions. True, Airbus's 2007 order tally fell short of Boeing's 1,413 planes. But Boeing lagged slightly behind its European rival on aircraft deliveries, with 441. Perhaps the best news of all for the European aerospace giant was the 292 orders placed by airlines last year for the A350 wide-body jet, its planned answer to the 787 Dreamliner.
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