Aviation

Airbus closes deals at Paris Air Show

Struggling European airplane manufacturer Airbus has announced additional orders for its passenger jets at the Paris Air Show.

Tail section of the Airbus superjumbo A380 aircraft

While the Airbus superjumbo A380 has not been selling well, other aircraft have

Despite worries about the impact of the global economic downturn, which has hit the aviation industry hard, Airbus said on Tuesday it had racked up further sales worth billions of euros.

Vietnam Airlines said it would buy 16 medium-range A321 aircraft for 1.4 billion euros (1.9 billion US dollars).

Cebu Pacific from the Philippines announced plans to purchase five Airbus A320s for 260 million euros, and low-cost airline Air Asia, based in Malaysia, has ordered ten A350-900 jets and placed options for five more - a deal at catalog prices worth 1.7 billion euros.

On Monday, Qatar airways ordered 24 medium-haul jets for 1.3 billion euros.

Airbus is a consortium of German, French, British and Spanish aircraft industries.

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