VietJet gives wings (to Airbus): ordered 100 A321s at Paris Salon
Boeing failing and Airbus on fire, this could be summarized as the second day that just ended at the [...]
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Boeing no-show and Airbus on fire, one could sum up the second day that just ended at the Paris Motor Show in this way. The long faces in the media center in the U.S. manufacturer's chalet say it all, but it is also true that Trump's recent visit to the Middle East had brought a flood of orders to the Seattle giant .
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Today, like yesterday, Has been putting hay in the barn has been Airbus which has put a monstrous 100 A321neo order on the books, an order the Vietnamese low-cost airline's order is in addition to its recent order for 20 A330/900neo that the airline will use to fly long-haul to Europe and Oceania.
The plans of the company's #1, Ng Thi Phuong Thao, based in Hanoi are very clear: "We want to turn Hanoi into a hub, we want to open new subsidiaries, and we want to become a mainland (and beyond) player."
No manufacturer ever releases order figures, But we are talking about just under a billion euros which will be spent to prune the company (to date with only Aibus in its fleet) to compete with area giants such as Air Asia, Indigo and Cebu Pacific.
What rattled Boeing, however, was the chairman himself, who in responding to a question explained that "the decision to focus heavily on A321s stems from the low reliability offered by the American manufacturer."
The company has total orders for nearly 200 U.S.-made machines, but the problem is that at present it is impossible to say if and when the 102 737max/10s will be delivered, since the plane has not yet been certified.
