The world's two leading jumbo jets went different directions at the Farnborough Airshow, as the Boeing 747 got an order and the Airbus A380 got a production cut. Production of both of the world's ...

Boeing hopes the extra size and most importantly, extra efficiency will attract customers away from the Airbus A380. But with a first flight still ahead of them, Boeing has some catching up to do.

Boeing depends on steady growth of demand for air cargo travel for order inflow for the Boeing 747-8. Airbus depends on passengers for order inflow for the Airbus A380. Airbus has to make A380 ...

Until the emergence of Boeing’s 747-8 as a firm programme last year, Airbus had the 400-plus-seat market all to itself with its 550-seat A380, but now faces a serious challenge in both the ...