DW: Airbus Overshadows Boeing With Multi-Billion Dollar Order
Airbus Overshadows Boeing With Multi-Billion Dollar Order
Aviation rivals Airbus and Boeing went head-to-head with each other at the Dubai Air Show this weekend with both companies hoping to secure orders for their new models: the A380 superjumbo and the Boeing Dreamliner. The European company appears to have won the latest round in the heavyweight airline championship bout between the Airbus A380 and the Boeing Dreamliner. Airbus announced over the weekend that the Emirates airline had placed an order that will net Airbus over $20 billion (13.8 billion euros).
US manufacturer Boeing was pushed into the background at the Dubai air show on Sunday, Nov. 11, when the Dubai-owned carrier announced it would buy 11 A380 superjumbos plus 70 midsized A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body) aircraft in what Airbus executives called the biggest order in the European constructor's history.
