Company Watch - Airbus.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 14, 2006 Airbus Reaches 200 Plane Orders. Airbus won 200 gross orders for new planes by the end of July, data released by the European planemaker showed on Tuesday, versus 525 for US rival Boeing. Airbus does not report net figures, which factor in canceled orders over the period. Boeing had 518 net orders as of August 1, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its web site. It took Airbus three decades to top Boeing in annual orders, something it has done for the last five years, but Boeing has pulled ahead in 2006, helped by long-range airliners such as the 787, due in 2008, which are outselling rival Airbus models. Airbus gave no year-on-year comparatives, but at end-June it had a cumulative 117 orders -- down 159 on the year-ago period. Among recent deals was a tentative order tentative order A customer order that is made for part of a new securities issue before all the terms of the issue have been set. Underwriters take tentative orders to determine investor interest in a new issue. from Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . for 20 Airbus A350 planes and nine Airbus A380 superjumbos and one from German budget airline Blue Wings
Blue Wings is an airline based in Düsseldorf, Germany. It operates scheduled services to Russia and charter flights mainly to Turkey and the Middle East. for 20 from the single-aisle A320 series. Airbus is still ahead on deliveries, which is when planemakers receive the bulk of their payment for each plane, with 253 planes delivered during the first seven months of the year versus 225 for Boeing. Airbus is heading for a record 430 deliveries for the full year against an expected 395 for Boeing. Aug 9, 2006 TAM announced Friday that it will retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. three A330s over the next two months that it had subleased to an undisclosed Middle East airline. The aircraft will be reintegrated into TAM's fleet for intercontinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal adj. 1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation. 2. flights, which could provide a further increase in international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. . While known as the leading domestic carrier in Brazil, it nearly doubled its international market share among Brazilian airlines to 30% in the second quarter from 16.6% in the year-ago quarter. It expects its fleet to reach 96 aircraft by the end of 2006 and 107 by the end of 2007. Aug 7, 2006 |
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