BN 07/14 23:01 Airbus $21 Billion Jet-Sales Blitz Tops Boeing as Air Show Opens
Airbus $21 Billion Jet-Sales Blitz Tops Boeing as Air Show Opens
2014-07-14 23:10:31.144 GMT
By Julie Johnsson, Andrea Rothman and Richard Clough
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Airbus dominated the first day of
Farnborough Air Show with a $21b sales blitz to grab an early
lead over Boeing Co. at industry’s biggest annual expo.
* Boeing’s tally came to about $7.7b, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg Industries; co. is close to announcing
jet purchases valued at as much as $9.2b by Air Lease Corp.
and BOC Aviation Ltd., people familiar with the talks said
* Boeing’s opening-day order book included five sales of its
single-aisle 737 Max and six orders for the 787-9 Dreamliner
to lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. The Bloomberg Industries
tally for Boeing and Airbus included orders and options.
* According to the people familiar with Boeing’s order
discussions, Air Lease may buy 20 of the planemaker’s 737
Max single-aisle jet and six 777 wide-bodies, while BOC
Aviation is set to commit to at least 50 of the Max jets
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2014-07-14 23:10:31.144 GMT
By Julie Johnsson, Andrea Rothman and Richard Clough
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Airbus dominated the first day of
Farnborough Air Show with a $21b sales blitz to grab an early
lead over Boeing Co. at industry’s biggest annual expo.
* Boeing’s tally came to about $7.7b, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg Industries; co. is close to announcing
jet purchases valued at as much as $9.2b by Air Lease Corp.
and BOC Aviation Ltd., people familiar with the talks said
* Boeing’s opening-day order book included five sales of its
single-aisle 737 Max and six orders for the 787-9 Dreamliner
to lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. The Bloomberg Industries
tally for Boeing and Airbus included orders and options.
* According to the people familiar with Boeing’s order
discussions, Air Lease may buy 20 of the planemaker’s 737
Max single-aisle jet and six 777 wide-bodies, while BOC
Aviation is set to commit to at least 50 of the Max jets
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Grant Clark in Singapore at +65-6212-1101 or
gclark@bloomberg.net
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Grant Clark at +65-6212-1101 or
gclark@bloomberg.net