Airbus secures VietJet deal at Paris Air Show
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Airbus is winning the order battle with Boeing in Paris. That isn’t helping Airbus stock, though.Airbus announced an agreement Tuesday for 100 A321neo planes from Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation. The deal is a memorandum of understanding “covering a major new order for 100 single-aisle A321neo aircraft,
Airbus SE said the governments of France and Spain agreed to fast-track some deliveries of the slow-selling A400M military transport aircraft as the main nations supporting the program seek to keep production going.
The chief executive of Airbus Defence and Space has warned that a dispute with its French partner over the next stage of an ambitious fighter jet project led by France and Germany needs to be resolved by the end of the year if the programme is to have any hope of succeeding.
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is attending the Paris Air Show, his last international air conference as the city’s chief executive.
Airbus SE has been sounding out customers appetite for a longer version of its A220-300 jet that would give airlines more seating capacity but at the expense of range.
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European aerospace companies Leonardo Thales and Airbus will assess the feasibility of a space alliance by the end of July, Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani said on Tuesday at the Paris Airshow.