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The text says different.

The text isnt the issue,there ORDERS and delivery page (downloadable) is updated regularly . I view those changes almost every week and airbus does regularly update with new orders. Their order totals are also up to date as of now . I think you are going to the A350 section or the XWB section instead of going to the ORDERS and DELIVERIES section where you have to download a sheet. Even if we believe that there is a clerical error and those orders have to be cancelled (FIRM ORDERS STANS AT 69 for the A350-800 and 31 for the A350-900) , Airbus then would have to show 100 cancellations into their order books for this year (which hasnt happened) , there would be media reports about airlines cancelling (which hasnt been the case) . The only media reports that have surfaced have been those of Airbus needing about 800 million-1billion so that it can retain those 100 aircrafts on contract because those airlines paid the price of a cheaper (4 billion developmental) aircraft and are now getting something different (12 billion developmental aircraft) .

Airbus Orders and delivery –

http://www.airbus.com/odxml/orders_and_deliveries.xls

And this

Penalty payments to airlines that ordered a now-abandoned, less ambitious version of the A350 could reach up to €800 million (US$1 billion) in the last quarter of the year, Ring said.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/08/business/EU_FIN_EARNS_France_EADS.php