Boeing Leads Airbus in 2006 Orders Race

Airbus unveils more than 60 new jet orders

Associated Press
July 19, 2006

FARNBOROUGH, England – European planemaker Airbus announced orders for more than 60 new jets Wednesday, outstripping U.S. rival Boeing Co. so far in the number of deals unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow — but not in their value.

Airbus arrived at the airshow on the backfoot following costly new production delays to its A380 superjumbo and the subsequent departure of key executives. It unveiled a string of deals with both airlines and leasing companies. Boeing, meanwhile, picked up orders for just 14 new jets on Wednesday.

Since the show opened Monday, Airbus had received orders or commitments for 85 planes, worth about $6.3 billion.

Boeing has gained orders and commitments for 76 aircraft but sold more larger jets than Airbus, topping $10 billion in new business.

All values are based on catalog prices, since the discounts that airlines typically negotiate aren’t disclosed.

The majority of the orders announced Wednesday at the show, one of the biggest events on the aviation calendar, were for Airbus’ A320-family single-aisle passenger jets.

Malaysia’s AirAsia ordered 40 of the planes, with an option for 30 more, while ILFC, a unit of American International Group Inc., ordered six of the jets.

Greece’s Aegean Airlines picked up three more A320s to replace aging aircraft in its fleet.

“We are very proud to see a renewed order from Aegean Airlines so quickly after becoming a new Airbus customer in December 2005,” said Airbus Chief Executive Christian Streiff.

In another, nonbinding agreement, Spanish carrier Grupo Marsans agreed to buy 12 Airbus A330-200 airplanes, with an option for a further 10 planes.

Grupo Marsans President Gonzalo Pascual said that the wide-bodied A330-200 “perfectly fits our operations and will support our sustained growth in Latin America.”

Airbus also said that its corporate jetliner arm had won a new order from an undisclosed European customer, taking firm orders of the company’s executive and private aircraft in 2006 to a record 14. Airbus did not disclose which of its corporate jets was ordered or its list price.

Chicago-based Boeing’s major order for the day came from ILFC, which exercised an option to purchase a total of 10 planes — six 737-800s, two 777-300ERs and two 787 Dreamliners — in a deal worth around $1.2 billion at list prices.

“These airplanes reflect our confidence in the market going forward and our commitment to Boeing and its product line,” said ILFC Chief Executive Steven F. Udvar-Hazy.

Boeing also announced a nonbinding agreement to sell Indian cargo airline Flyington Freighters four 777 freighters. The planemaker said that deal was subject to the carrier obtaining the necessary statutory clearances.

Airbus is seeking to reassure investors at Farnborough that it is back on track after the A380 delays and management changes last month at both Airbus and its parent company European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. It used the first day of the airshow to unveil a $10 billion revamp of the A350 jet, the original design of which had been criticized by airlines.

The new A350XWB — for “extra-wide body” — seeks to beat the Dreamliner at its own game. It offers bigger windows, a roomier cabin, even greater fuel efficiency and a larger stretch version that seats 350 passengers — 15 fewer than the 777-300ER.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_bi_ge/britain_air_show

Airbus will most likelt out do Boeing in my opinion at farnborough , Its there home turf and they ought to have enough orders in hand to come up on top however at the moment Boeing is leading the race for orders in the first few days however I can bet my bottom dollar that airbus is just sitting quitely and gigling while they are getting ready to drop a big one during the latter half of the show just like they did last year!!!

As far as 2006 as a year is concerned It is really no contest . boeing has more then triple the no. of orders in the first half . Even if you substract the no. of 787 ordered boeing is still way way ahead of airbus speaking volumes of how the 737 NG is doing against its competition.

Meh.. the situation was similar last year, look what Airbus did then.

Airbus will most likelt out do Boeing in my opinion at farnborough , Its there home turf and they ought to have enough orders in hand to come up on top however at the moment Boeing is leading the race for orders in the first few days however I can bet my bottom dollar that airbus is just sitting quitely and gigling while they are getting ready to drop a big one during the latter half of the show just like they did last year!!!

As far as 2006 as a year is concerned It is really no contest . boeing has more then triple the no. of orders in the first half . Even if you substract the no. of 787 ordered boeing is still way way ahead of airbus speaking volumes of how the 737 NG is doing against its competition.

You’re going to be in for a very big surprise then!

I like surprises 🙂

You’re going to be in for a very big surprise then!

There’s supposed to be an order announcement from Virgin during the show.

There has been rumours flying that they’ll be ordering something to bridge that gap the delayed A380s are leaving?
But speculation as to what has, as usual, been rife. The A-camp say more A346s, the B-camp are suggesting 787s and/or possibly 77ERs.

Personaly, I think its A346’s, less they have a killer deal on the dubious A350.

There’s supposed to be an order announcement from Virgin during the show.

Airbus will unveil a redesigned version of its A350 aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show on Monday.

But the question still remains, have they had enough time?

Is this going to be another rush job with bought orders?

You certainly can bet your ass that Airbus have orders saved up for FAS.

The other burning questions many want answers to is, what of the A350? Will then announce it at FAS?
If they do, has Airbus had enough time to give a definative spec on the A350 mkIV?

Airbus will unveil a redesigned version of its A350 aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show on Monday.

I think you can bet the proverbial farm on that Dan. 😉

I’m looking forward to the Airbus announcement regarding its A350 “replacement”.

Saving up orders is no bad thing though for either Airbus or Boeing and the airline involved.

Majority of the worlds press are there, so it would get more column inches than announcing on a normal weekday, better coverage for Airbus,ATR,Boeing,Bombardier and Embraer and the airlines, who can have there press boys and girls and answering questions etc etc

Airbus’ redesigned A350 to exceed Boeing 787’s range

By Aude Lagorce
Last Update: 3:49 AM ET Jul 14, 2006

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Airbus’ redesigned A350 aircraft, likely to be unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show next week, will match the speed of Boeing’s 787 and slightly exceeding its range, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing confidential Airbus marketing documents. The A350 cabin will become slightly wider than that of Dreamliner, seating nine passengers in each row instead of the eight planned in the earlier version, the report said. Airbus is 80% owned by European defense company EADS.

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Stor…yhoo&dist=yhoo

You certainly can bet your ass that Airbus have orders saved up for FAS.

The other burning questions many want answers to is, what of the A350? Will then announce it at FAS?
If they do, has Airbus had enough time to give a definative spec on the A350 mkIV?

I think you can bet the proverbial farm on that Dan. 😉

I’m looking forward to the Airbus announcement regarding its A350 “replacement”.

You can probably bet your Mortgage,wife,dog and sister, that airbus will announce a whole host of “new orders” at farnborough!

Not starting an A Vs B thread….but thats how all the major companies play the game with all the associated press there etc etc!

OMG a pig just flew by my window!!!!!