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Europe
Airbus Loses Substantial Market Share to Boeing
2007-01-16
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FRANKFURT (AFP) - European aircraft maker Airbus will later this week announce a significant slump in its market share last year as arch-rival Boeing leapt ahead in terms of orders, the Financial Times Deutschland reported.

Quoting figures that would officially be published on Tuesday, FT Deutschland said that Airbus, a unit of the European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company, saw its market share by value fall to 40 percent last year from 45 percent the year before. Airbus received orders for just 800 aircraft in 2006, down from 1,055 in 2005, the newspaper said.

The figures come after Boeing announced record commercial aircraft orders for 2006, beating Airbus for the first time since 2000, the report continued.

Airbus is suffering from relatively weak sales of its A330/340 models, as well as the A380, which is heavily burdened by production problems, and the repeatedly re-designed A350, FT Deutschland said. In the segment for wide-body airplanes, Airbus's market share now stands at only 18 percent, compared to Boeing's 82 percent, it added.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Airbus's market share now stands at only 18 percent, compared to Boeing's 82 percent, it added.

EU antitrust investigation in 5 .. 4 .. 3 ..
Posted by: DMFD   2007-01-16 22:01  

#4  When all you have to sell is dogs, only the kennel clubs are interested. The A320 is still selling OK, but the rest of the Airbust product line is in the dumpster. Nobody wants the expense of a 4 engined jet anymore, now that the FAA has effectively removed all time-to-divert restrictions on overwater flights for twinjets (ETOPS). And until the new and improved A350WXT ( or whatever) is actually a reality, sitting on the ramp somewhere, I only think that Boeing's 787 backlog is going to get bigger. and their 747-8 freighter is starting to rack up sales, at the expense of Airbust. Still waitning for Boeing to announce the sale of a 'Dreamlifter' freighter to a commercial outfit (Dreamlifter is the official name given to the 747-derived parts carriers for the 787 Deamliner. It would make an excellent outsize vehicle for the market that right now is owned by the Anatov 124-226 heavy lifters). The Airbust equivalent is the Beluga, but it is also an internal use aircraft only.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-01-16 14:38  

#3  Captain Obvious is on da job!
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-16 10:39  

#2  Yeah. It's odd how airlines can't run without airliners.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-16 01:24  

#1  Customers tend to drift elsewhere when you can't deliver. They're funny that way...
Posted by: PBMcL   2007-01-16 00:43  

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