British Airways Places Biggest Order For Planes In 9 Years

AP:

British Airways PLC divided its largest aircraft order in nine years between rivals Airbus and Boeing Co. on Thursday as the airline prepares to increase capacity on its long-haul routes.

BA's decision to book a dozen Airbus A380 superjumbos along with 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a much-anticipated order worth $8.2 billion (5.8 billion euros) at list prices ends decades of Boeing's dominance in providing planes to the carrier.

It is also a vote of confidence in Airbus' previously troubled double-decker A380. Deliveries of the aircraft were delayed for two years because of wiring and other technical problems that cost the company billions of euros.

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Comments

[wadenelson1]

It was really a HUGE order. The size of a New York Times, or Magna Carta maybe. They had to fold it 8 times to get it into a manila envelope.

Too bad they only ordered six planes.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

What happened to the union jack on the British airways planes? Those used to look so good. Now it looks like a kid smeared those colors on the tail with his/her hands.