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   From: TheFirstAmerican@iwuzherefirst.org   
      
   After Airbust got off to an early start with loads of A320 orders, Boeing   
   has nearly caught up.   
      
   Boeing's tally is now up to 112 aircraft sold. Airbust is at 117. That 117   
   is something of a lie though.   
      
   If we subtract the 10 A380 "Toulouse Goose" orders that UPS has already told   
   Airbust they are cancelling but Airbust still carries on the books, then the   
   numbers become 112 for Boeing and 107 for Airbust.   
      
   Also if you look at the order books for Airbust, there's almost no orders   
   for anything other than low profit single aisles.   
      
   There may be some good news for Airbust though in the form of A350   
   orders...20 for Aeroflop and up to 80 for Qatar. The Aeroflop order won't be   
   delivered until 2015. Presumably the Qatar order comes in around the same   
   time. So Airbust won't get any money from that order for 7 years from now.   
      
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