Boeing overtakes Airbus
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Manufacturing News, Source : The Manufacturer US
Published : 07 Jul 2006 13:58
US aircraft maker Boeing has overtaken European rival Airbus in the number of new orders for planes, after several years trailing in its slipstream. Boeing has won about 450 orders for its aircraft so far this year, with Airbus struggling at around 150.
But although deliveries of Boeing aircraft are up (Boeing delivered 97 commercial airplanes in the second quarter, bringing its half year total to 195, almost half of its 395 prediction for 2006), deliveries of Airbus aircraft continue to exceed Boeing. That is unlikely to continue for long, however, unless Airbus can bounce back quickly from its recent troubles. Two senior executives have resigned in recent weeks. Airbus chief Gustav Humbert fell on his sword over delays to the A380 superjumbo, and Noel Forgeard, co-CEO of parent company EADS, has departed under the cloud of an insider trading accusation.
Airbus chief commercial officer, John Leahy, told the BBC that Airbus still hoped to catch up with Boeing on new orders for planes by the end of the year, and suggested it was close to securing two new customers for the A380.
Mr Leahy denied that plans by British defence firm BAE Systems to conduct an audit of Airbus to help it decide whether to sell its 20 percent stake had had a detrimental effect. "The fact that shareholders come and go in a large international company doesn't affect the customer directly,” he said. “What affects the customer is the quality of the aircraft." And whether you get them on time, as he should also have said.
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