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PARIS -- Flanked by his new management team, the co-chief executive of Airbus proclaimed here Tuesday that "Airbus is back, and fully back." That upbeat message from Louis Gallois to a packed media briefing hall came one day after an Airbus order bonanza -- 219 firm orders and another 120 commitments that Airbus said will be firmed up soon. And Airbus added to that impressive total Tuesday. But it must still convince one of the world's most important aviation executives and its best customer that the A350 XWB, the new jet that Airbus is counting on to help even the...

Promise follows complaints from potential buyers Tuesday, April 11, 2006 THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS -- Airbus said Monday that after receiving complaints from potential buyers, it would look at making improvements to its long-range A350, which competes with the Boeing Co.'s new 787 Dreamliner. "I want to note that Airbus listens to its customers," Gustav Hubert, Airbus chief executive, told reporters at company headquarters in Toulouse, France. His comments came after Chew Choon Seng, chief executive of Singapore Airlines, said last week that Airbus should have gone ahead and designed a new fuselage for the A350, since it had...