Dubai sets stage for plane orders race
Reuters, Dubai
If surging sales were meant to take some of the sting out of the Airbus-Boeing rivalry, someone's forgotten to tell both of the world's biggest planemakers.On Wednesday, a record-breaking Dubai Air Show was beginning to wind down after a breathtaking four days in which the two slugged it out like heavyweight boxers, announcing orders worth around $23 billion and taking swings at each other's marketing strategies. Both manufacturers see their rival's latest offering as a "paper airplane", meaning an unproven model. Each can tell you how the numbers show their plane is cheaper to operate and the better buy." Executives at Airbus say they can catch up with Boeing in orders this year, despite trailing by more than 200 with about five weeks to go.
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