Well at the time of writing Airbus in Paris has just claimed a net 1,055 orders for 2005, compared with Boeing's 1,002. I'm sitting here in London not exactly sure how they've done it, but as I promised in an earlier post I'm taking the opportunity to remind the world that I predicted they would. (Let's face it, the world would very definitely have reminded me if I'd been wrong!)
Having had my professional competence questioned already in responses to this blog I'll point out now that yes, it is glaringly obvious that the Boeing dollar value far exceeds that of Airbus.
Although several newspapers that should know better (at least one in Seattle and another published on pink paper) ran stories saying that Boeing had beaten Airbus, you'll notice that Boeing never even suggested that might be true. I'm not surprised - nobody knows better than Boeing PR that, whatever else about Airbus, they're world-leaders in marketing.
Fnally, another prediction: the internet - and probably this blog - will be awash with anti-Airbus poison within the next few hours. Should be amusing for those of you, like me, who are neutral in these matters.
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