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To: Zakeet
As of now, I believe Boeing has 455 orders for the 787 and Airbus only has a letter of intent from China for 20 A350XWB planes. The A350XWB will be available in 2012, four years after the first scheduled 787 delivery. This is how Airbus and the socialist European nations define "competing with Boeing"!?
5 posted on 12/04/2006 9:24:28 AM PST by Unmarked Package
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To: Unmarked Package
The A350XWB will be available in 2012

Yeah, right, just like the A380 was delivered to the first airlines earlier this year. Now we know full production won't start until 2010, with a small number rolling off the lines before that.

On another thread a while ago, we found out that Boeing had not one, but eight contingency plans ready in case problems with the 787 threaten to delay delivery. It looks like Airbus is just winging it by comparison.

15 posted on 12/04/2006 10:08:55 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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