Qatar Airways ordered Airbus for another 20, A350 career and become the Airbus’s largest customer for the wide-body jet with a total order of 80 planes worth $16 billion. The Qatar Airways total agreement for the plane is 20 A350-800s, 40 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s.
Boosting with the Qatar’s approach, European plane makers is again in the line to compete with its only competitor Boeing. The agreement means Airbus now has 268 orders for the wide-body plane.
Although Qatar deal is not confirmed yet company is hopeful for another 200 firm orders by the end of the year. Before Qatar deal, Airbus conform that Colombia’s flag carrier, Avianca, has placed a fresh order for 70 planes _ 38 of them firm orders _ from the A320 single-aisle family and the A330-200 freighter. Although, plane maker did not articulate the value of that deal, but the market value figure around the $6 billion.
Recently the US plane maker Boeing outshined airbus and snatched its No 1 tag, which it retains for straight five year. Airbus face problem of assembling its giant plane, which pushed it back. Airbus lost its customers for mid-sized planes to U.S. rival Boeing; also threaten by the customers to confiscate the signed deal.
Initial failure for its jumbo jet caused plane maker to lost billion of dollars even more than its market fate. Few month back airbus announce that it has overcome the problem and to be in the business company set to launch a costly redesign of the planned A350.
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Via: washingtonpost
