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Aerospace Blog

July 8, 2008

Airbus slightly leads Boeing in orders, deliveries

European jet maker mulls A320 replacement

Posted at 1:58 pm by Michelle Dunlop

Airbus still leads Boeing in commercial jet orders and deliveries at the mid-point of 2008 with 487 net orders and 245 deliveries compared to Boeing’s 475 orders and 241 deliveries, Bloomberg reports.

The European company may not launch its A320 replacement until 2014, with the new jet entering service in 2018, a French newspaper reported, without citing sources.

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