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> Airbus, as of last month, reports having received 777 orders for the aircraft Wait is that a typo or a dig at Boeing?
by ryanmarsh 11y ago
> Airbus, as of last month, reports having received 777 orders for the aircraft
Wait is that a typo or a dig at Boeing?
- dorfsmay 11y ago777 is also a number. I understood it sa they received 776 + 1 orders, although yes ironic.
- cmsmith 11y agoPerhaps they had sold >777 by the end of the month, but they happened to send out their press release after their 777th sale.
- gingerlime 11y agoMaybe it's a SEO hack.
- Xixi 11y agoWikipedia has 777 on order, so I guess it's not a typo. Two others sources give 764 [1] and 780 [2] orders, respectively. Given that Air France recently converted outstanding orders for the A380 to three A350, that would make 777 as of last month consistent with 780 as of today. This 780 figure is also including two orders for a total of 16 A350-800, which will never be built. So it is consistent with the 764 figure that do not include these A350-800. Conclusion: not a typo. [1] https://sites.google.com/site/a350xwbproduction/orders https://sites.google.com/site/a350xwbproduction/orders [2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tSkBafqSz-xEdM1VLbQyQN1KF4CKf7nGE-Du645YsPo/pub?gid=7# https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tSkBafqSz-xEdM1VLbQy... Edit: added the AF recent order, and the A350-800 adjustment.