Back in business

摘要

After one of the most troubling periods in the air-framer's almost 40-year history, Paris provided Airbus the perfect platform to prove to the world that it is back in business. And prove it it did with a record 425 firm orders and more than 300 further commitments. There was more than a hint of the old Airbus swagger familiar from the Noel Forgeard era when senior executives such as Louis Gallois and John Leahy - who have spent the past 18 months wrestling with Toulouse's inner demons as Boeing's 787 Dreamliner orderbook soared ahead - took to the stage to gleefully declare yet another customer win.