Emirates cancels order for 70 Airbus A350s

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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27791448
 
In 2007, Emirates placed 50 orders for the A350-900 and 20 for the A350-1000, with deliveries due from 2019.
 
Sash Tusa, aerospace and defence analyst at Edison Investment Research, said the move by Emirates was real blow to Airbus, "with the loss of a 70 A350 wide-body plane order coming just as rival Boeing's 777X has been launched".
"It gives the unavoidable conclusion that the world's largest and most influential long-haul airline sees the 777X as the wide-bodied twin of the future," he said.
 

 

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A350-900 XWB in Finnair livery. The aircraft is constructed of 45% lightweight high-strength composite and 55% low-density aluminium lithium alloy, steel, aluminium and titanium.

 

[WorldTraveler]

it's also possible that a certain recent order for 25 of them was enhanced because of this cancellation as well.