freqbugsmasher
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From ninemsn (-edited to add)
"British Airways put out tenders on Wednesday for a long-awaited replacement of its fleet of 114 long-haul Boeing aircraft in a deal that could generate crucial orders for European rival Airbus.
Europe's third-biggest airline, which wants to take delivery of the first new planes by early 2009, said it was too soon to say how many planes it would buy, although analysts said the bill would be at least $US7 billion ($A9.31 billion).
An early order date could benefit Boeing, since Airbus is struggling to launch its mid-sized A350 model - now set for 2012 deliveries at the earliest - and will still be working through a series of delayed orders for the first of its A380 superjumbo customers.
However, BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh did not dismiss the possibility of including A380s in the orders and said he was confident that problems with the model could be resolved.
Analysts expected the orders would be allotted on a winner-take-all basis."
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Anyone willing to bet that the 380 problems may hurt them in getting this one, along with no viable competitor to the 787?
"British Airways put out tenders on Wednesday for a long-awaited replacement of its fleet of 114 long-haul Boeing aircraft in a deal that could generate crucial orders for European rival Airbus.
Europe's third-biggest airline, which wants to take delivery of the first new planes by early 2009, said it was too soon to say how many planes it would buy, although analysts said the bill would be at least $US7 billion ($A9.31 billion).
An early order date could benefit Boeing, since Airbus is struggling to launch its mid-sized A350 model - now set for 2012 deliveries at the earliest - and will still be working through a series of delayed orders for the first of its A380 superjumbo customers.
However, BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh did not dismiss the possibility of including A380s in the orders and said he was confident that problems with the model could be resolved.
Analysts expected the orders would be allotted on a winner-take-all basis."
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Anyone willing to bet that the 380 problems may hurt them in getting this one, along with no viable competitor to the 787?
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