Boeing is trying to stabilise and ramp up production after a quality crisis and then labour strike shuttered production of most of its aircraft last year
The engineering groups are working at a pace to get these aircraft turned around as quickly as possible
The latter part of last year saw carriers take advantage of low prices to make landmark orders
The deal for Airbus’s larger A321 model is valued at more than $30bn before typical industry discounts
The carrier narrowed losses to $1.6bn in the first-half through September, with revenue up 81 per cent
The company currently has 381 planes