Air China is in talks with the Boeing Co. and Airbus for a major widebody jet order.
The carrier is considering ordering Boeing’s 787 or Airbus’ A350 XWB, according to Reuters. Air China already has an order for 15 Boeing 787s — an order placed in August 2005.
Commercial jet orders was on the mind of Randy Tinseth, Boeing’s vice president for marking, when he posted Airbus has a history of announcing major orders at the air shows. Boeing has said it doesn’t “save up” orders to announce at the air show. “Even though we’ve been “out-announced” by something like 3 to one at the ai shows, believe it or not, we’ve found a way to be the market share leader when you total up all year-end orders for the past five years,” Tinseth wrote. > Give us your news tips. > Send us a letter to the editor. > More Herald contact information.Talk to us
