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Article: BRITISH AIRWAYS WILL BUY 24 OF NEW 787 BUT AIRLINE'S A380 DEAL TEMPERS BOEING'S VICTORY.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- September 27, 2007
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Byline: JAMES WALLACEP-I aerospace reporter
In what has been one of the most closely watched and hardest-fought competitions between Airbus and The Boeing Co. in several years, British Airways has ordered the Airbus A380 and Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
The airline announced Thursday morning in London that it has ordered 12 A380s with options for seven more, and 24 787s with options for 18 more.
Although the order represents another big endorsement for the 787 from one of the world's best-known airlines, Boeing did not score the big win that it was hoping for.
Boeing was offering British Airways its new 747-8 Intercontinental, but the ...