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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 5:56 pm
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Yeah, 129 orders, a number that its been stuck at for over two years and three of the biggest four customers (including the biggest) are threatening to cancel orders (which they probably will not do as a significant portion of their a/c fleet will now come to them foc). Looks like the Concorde all over again. The real question is whether Boeing was smart enough to rope-a-dope them, or they just did it to themselves (remember when Boeing had huge plans for the 747X series and the flying wing? Bandied about long enough to get a response from Airbus and then all conveniently dropped.
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