Airbus wins jet orders from two Asian customers of rival Boeing
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Airbus wins jet orders from two Asian customers of rival Boeing
TOKYO/SEOUL/MONTREAL, March 21 (Reuters) - Airbus clinched orders for 65 jets from two of Boeing's Asian customers on Thursday, in a win for the European planemaker as its U.S. rival grapples with quality issues after a mid-flight panel blowout on a 737 MAX 9 jet.
The orders are a blow to Boeing, which is struggling with a sprawling manufacturing crisis that has caused it to limit narrow-body jet production, making it harder to catch up to its European rival.
Japan Airlines (JAL)said it would buy 21 wide-body A350-900 and 11 A321neo narrow-body jets from Airbus, which will provide smaller single-aisle jets to the longtime Boeing customer for the first time.
The order from Japan's second-largest airline allows Airbus to grow its foothold on a part of its rival's turf following a breakthrough first order of A350 wide-body, or twin-aisle, jets used on longer international routes just over a decade ago.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ln-2024-03-21/
Does an A321neo substitute a 737-9 with existing quality issues? or rather a 737-10 with unknown future?
WRT A350 compared to 787, how does order queue look like and change by these orders?
WRT A350 compared to 787, how does order queue look like and change by these orders?
