by RAY FLEMING
IT was not so long ago that the chief executive of Airbus, Louis Gallois, was saying that the company was in the worst state it has ever been. Even the casual observer of the company's fortunes knew that production of its banker aircraft of the future, the huge A380, was running two years late and that the long-haul A350 was losing heavily to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in firm orders. Suddenly, however, at this week's Paris Air Show the clouds have lifted for Airbus with confirmation of tentative orders and new commitments for the 500-plus passenger A380 and clear evidence of a renewal of interest in the re-configured A350. This show of confidence in Airbus has come mainly from the Middle East: Quatar Airlines placed a new order for 80 Airbus A 350s and the Dubai airline Emirates added a further eight of the A380 superjumbos to the 40-plus it already has on the books.
AIRBUS FLYING AGAIN
27/06/2013 00:00
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