Airbus releases its order book totals for 2007 - 1341 aircraft
Airbus secured net orders for 1,341 aircraft during 2007, giving the European manufacturer a 48.7% share of the market.
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New Airbus A320E
Today we read in FI of the A320E, a premeptive strike against Boeing’s
737 replacement. Unlike the case of the 787, Airbus thinks by
announcing their plane first it secures first mover advantage. Offering ~
5% improvement in fuel burn, this plane is thought (by Mr. Leahy) to
demonstrate that any new 737 offering ~10% better fuel burn is not
attractive enough. The following chart illustrates where Airbus expects
improvements.Well, its quite a move. Especially after last week. See, the
thing is, Airbus is reacting to the yet to be announced 737 replacement.
And this does not look good. It looks kind of lame actually. Mr