Boeing Still The Sales Leader?

It will be interesting to watch the sales figures generated at the
Dubai Airshow.

BOEING CO. (BA) is on track for its biggest annual plane sales
tally this year, smashing last year's record and proving that
airlines' demand for new aircraft shows no sign of slowing. The
Chicago-based plane maker is locked in battle with European
rival Airbus for the largest number of orders, but has the edge
in the lucrative market for widebody planes, which sell for at
least twice as much as the more common single-aisle planes. The
continued sales boom is a comfort for Boeing as it struggles to
put together the first of its 787 Dreamliners, which are now
six months behind schedule, mirroring delays Airbus experienced
with its last new craft, the A380 superjumbo. At the end of last
month, Boeing had 922 firm net orders on its online order book,
after adding 56 orders in October. The total year-to-date
figure now stands at 956, not including Cathay Pacific's
announcement on Thursday that it will buy 17 more Boeing
widebody planes. That means Boeing is quickly closing in on
last year's record tally of 1,044 net orders, with next week's
Dubai Airshow promising further purchase announcements. At this
time last year, Boeing had fewer than 800 orders for the year.


http://video.boeing.com:8080/asx_ext...101405_300.asx
Video: 787 Tonesetter Video


http://video.boeing.com:8080/asx_ext...ration_300.asx
Video: 787 Exterior Configuration


http://video.boeing.com:8080/asx_ext...htdeck_300.asx
Video: 787 New Flight Deck



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