Airbus orders reach $16.9bn, A350 wing production slowdown explained

Posted on 12 Jul 2012

Airbus wins $16.9bn (£11bn) worth of sales and commitments at Farnborough Air Show, comprising of 115 aircraft in three product families, and seeks to reassure industry that delays to the A350 programme means it is ‘in full control of production’.

Airbus confirmed an order book for 115 aircraft worth nearly $17bn during the Farnborough Air Show today, which includes a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 61 aircraft worth $5.8bn (£3.8bn) and firm orders for 54 planes worth $11.1bn (£7.2bn). The confirmation came straight after Synergy Aerospace placed orders for six A330-200s plus three A330 Freighters,…

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