People's Daily Online 2 weeks ago

Plane makers witness turbulence in wake of financial crisis

As the international air traffic market was badly hit by the financial crisis, the world's leading plane makers, French Airbus and American Boeing, both registered a significant decrease in orders during the first ten months of this year. Full Article at People's Daily Online

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  1. The people are used to us, they know us, they trust us, they know the products and we are trustful when we commit on something and then finally we bring them a good price ... I think this gave us an edge over Boeing for the last decade at least. Now Boeing is trying to catch up by also setting up office...
    SOURCE: Gulfnews 1 month ago
  2. We expect to finish the year hopefully above 50
    SOURCE: Gulfnews 1 month ago
  3. The Middle East, despite the fact it only represents four or five per cent of the world fleet, for us in terms of sales for the last two years, we achieved about 30 per cent ... You can see the importance of this market in our business.
    SOURCE: Gulfnews 1 month ago
  4. This year we were expecting a lot of problems in this field - in the field of financing payments ... So far in the pre-delivery payments we have had a slight rescheduling. Due to the circumstances some airlines shifted by one month or two or three months. The airlines in the region are bankable. They ar...
    SOURCE: Gulfnews 1 month ago
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