In the latest setback to the Toulouse, France-based manufacturer, the Indian affiliate of Singapore Airlines Ltd. opted for the 787, people familiar with the matter said, passing over the Airbus model, which along with the bigger A350 was designed to take on the Dreamliner. It follows similar lost campaigns at American Airlines Group Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc., both of which scrapped their orders for Airbus jets and picked the 787 instead. Airbus in April said it’ll scale back production of the A330 family as it transitions to the newer model in part due to lower than expected …read more
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