Donauwoerth: European planemaker Airbus came neck-and-neck in the race for 2007 aircraft orders with arch-rival Boeing, Airbus parent EADS said on Thursday.
Boeing last week reported an industry record of 1,413 firm commercial plane orders, setting up a photo-finish with Airbus.
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois declined to give exact figures before an Airbus announcement next week, but said it did not matter which company ended up with the order trophy.
"Airbus will be approximately the same as Boeing. [Airbus CEO] Tom Enders will give you the precise figure next week, but it is in any case clearly the best performance in our history," Gallois said.
Estimated value
He estimated Airbus had notched up orders worth some 125 billion euros ($183 billion) at catalogue prices in 2007. Airbus catalogue prices are in dollars. |
