Airbus tops Boeing in 2011

John Leahy, commercial director of Airbus has said the firm has outpaced US rival Boeing last year, winning a two-thirds market share with a record number of aircraft orders and saw clear skies ahead, AFP has reported. The European plane maker delivered a record 534 planes, beating Boeing for the ninth consecutive year, he said. In 2011, it won a record 1,419 orders, while Boeing won 805 new orders, giving Airbus 64% of the market, Leahy said, adding the firm was unlikely to maintain its level of dominance. "It isn't our goal to end up where Boeing was in 1995 with 81% of the market. Our goal remains to stay in a stable duopoly between 40% and 60% of the market," he told reporters.

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