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   From: EnglishGentleman@Righto.org   
      
   "mark"  wrote in message   
   news:HSbRh.1436$jR1.132@newsfe12.lga...   
   > what is wrong with the tunnel?  we know about Galileo and Airbus   
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   It's bankrupt.   
      
   > mark gill   
   > "Mr. Knowbody"  wrote in message   
   > news:FzdNh.433$5o3.268@newsfe12.lga...   
   >> Does Airbus suck? You be the judge.   
   >>   
   >> Of the 97 aircraft Airbus sold through February, 89 of the 97 were for   
   >> low profit single aisle aircraft A320s. Airbus failed to sign any   
   >> significant contracts for A330s, A340s or A380s.   
   >>   
   >> On the other side of the aisle, of the 119 aircraft that Boeing sold   
   >> through 3/20, only 9 were for single aisles. The other 110 were for big   
   >> profit margin wide bodies.   
   >>   
   >> Airbus is dead, just like Concorde, the channel tunnel and Galileo.   
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