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Airbus crisis over

Airbus says it has turned the corner after a crisis connected to production problems and turmoil in the boardroom at its A380 super-jumbo project that has gone on for the past year. Speaking at the Paris air show, Louis Gallois, CEO of the European planemaker, said, "Airbus is back."

Airbus, which announced a raft of orders on the first day of the show, is competing with Boeing, its American rival, for the title of the largest planemaker in the world.

Boeing is expected to reveal the numbers of orders for its 787 Dreamliner soon. Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.

Boeing and Airbus are also competing for orders from aircraft leasing firms. Orders from these companies - who rank highly among the biggest global buyers of aircraft - are often regarded as an indication of how successful a model will be in the long term.

Airbus also secured orders from US Airways that are worth $10bn for 22 of its A350 jets, 60 A320s and ten of its A330-200 wide-body planes.

A few months ago, Airbus unveiled a major cost-cutting programme aiming to reduce the workforce in Europe by 10,000, as well as announcing a group restructuring. "I can tell you with full confidence that Airbus is back and fully back, as you have started noting yesterday as demonstrated by our first day announcements," said MrGallois on the second day of the air show.

However, Boeing also announced a deal with General Electric (GE) on the show's first day. GE's commercial aviation services placed an order for six 777 Boeing freighters valued at around $1, to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008.

A Wall Street Journal website report, quoting the Delta operating chief yesterday said that Delta Air Lines were on the verge of ordering as many as 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this year. However, a spokesman for Delta later said that it had been having conversations "with several aircraft makers" and that "no final decision" had been made on future fleet purchases.

  1. Find the meanings of the following words

Crisis -disaster

Turmoil disorder

Raft range

Rival challenging

Unveiled exposed

Leasing hire

Indication sign

Restructuring rearrangement

Freighters cargoships

Verge edge

Fleet convoy

Purchases obtaining

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Q1 - The problems at Airbus

a) have been resolved completely. b) are well on their way to being sorted out. c) are far from resolved.

Q2 - Airbus announced

a) a large number of orders on the first day of the show. b) some orders on the first day of the show. c) a few orders on the first day of the show.

Q3 - Qatar Airways ordered

a) 83 planes on Monday. b) 80 planes on Monday. c) 3 planes on Monday.

Q4 - US Airways

a) placed an order for the new super-jumbo. b) didn't place an order for the new super-jumbo. c) may have placed an order for the new super-jumbo.

Q5 – Boeing

a) announced sales of the Dreamliner. b) may sell some Dreamliners to General Electric. c) may sell some Dreamliners to Delta Air Lines.

Q6 - The Wall Street Journal website report

a) was definitely correct. b) was possibly correct. c) was definitely wrong.

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Air bus Raeading 3[80] - dsfsdfsdf

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Airbus crisis over
Airbus says it has turned the corner after a crisis connected to production problems and turmoil
in the boardroom at its A380 super-jumbo project that has gone on for the past year. Speaking at
the Paris air show, Louis Gallois, CEO of the European planemaker, said, "Airbus is back."
Airbus, which announced a raft of orders on the first day of the show, is competing with Boeing,
its American rival, for the title of the largest planemaker in the world.
Boeing is expected to reveal the numbers of orders for its 787 Dreamliner soon. Airbus orders
unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus
planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.
Boeing and Airbus are also competing for orders from aircraft leasing firms. Orders from these
companies - who rank highly among the biggest global buyers of aircraft - are often regarded as
an indication of how successful a model will be in the long term.
Airbus also secured orders from US Airways that are worth $10bn for 22 of its A350 jets, 60
A320s and ten of its A330-200 wide-body planes.
A few months ago, Airbus unveiled a major cost-cutting programme aiming to reduce the
workforce in Europe by 10,000, as well as announcing a group restructuring. "I can tell you with
full confidence that Airbus is back and fully back, as you have started noting yesterday as
demonstrated by our first day announcements," said MrGallois on the second day of the air show.
However, Boeing also announced a deal with General Electric (GE) on the show's first day. GE's
commercial aviation services placed an order for six 777 Boeing freighters valued at around
$1.4bn, to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008.
A Wall Street Journal website report, quoting the Delta operating chief yesterday said that Delta
Air Lines were on the verge of ordering as many as 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this
year. However, a spokesman for Delta later said that it had been having conversations "with
several aircraft makers" and that "no final decision" had been made on future fleet purchases.
1) Find the meanings of the following words
Crisis -disaster
Turmoil disorder
Raft range
Rival challenging
Unveiled exposed
Leasing hire
Indication sign
Restructuring
rearrangement
Freighters cargoships
Verge edge
Fleet convoy
Purchases obtaining