Airbus Beats Boeing in Deal Totals at Farnborough Air Show
July 14 2016 - 8:13AM
Dow Jones News
By Robert Wall and Jon Ostrower
FARNBOROUGH, England--Airbus Group SE (AIR.FR) announced $35
billion in plane deals at the Farnborough Air Show this week,
beating Boeing Co. (BA) which followed with $26.8 billion in
airliner agreements struck.
Airbus and Boeing have been battling it out at the biennial
aerospace extravaganza southwest of London.
The European planemaker exited the event with 380 net firm
orders for the year, overtaking Boeing which had been ahead for
most of the year. The U.S. rival ended the air show with 321 net
orders.
Airbus has had a full-year target of at least 650 plane orders.
Airbus chief operating officer for customers, John Leahy, said
Thursday that the target was still attainable. Airbus said it
booked 197 firm aircraft orders.
Those deals are worth $26.3 billion. It also secured commitments
for another 82 planes, valued at $8.7 billion.
The biggest deal was budget carrier AirAsia Bhd (5099.KU), which
bought 100 A321neo valued at more than $12 billion.
The order haul includes two Airbus A330 planes that
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (ICAGY) said it would
buy for Aer Lingus.
Boeing said it would secure about 740 orders in 2016. The
Chicago-based planemaker said it secured 20 firm orders at
Farnborough valued at $3.3 billion at catalog prices, though
airlines typically get discounts.
Boeing's largest order announcement was a $4.1 billion deal with
China's Donghai Airlines for 25 737 Max 8 single-aisle planes and
five 787-9 Dreamliners.
Write to Robert Wall at robert.wall@wsj.com and Jon Ostrower at
jon.ostrower@wsj.com
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