Airbus pens record A380 deal with Emirates

Airbus, the European maker of the new A380 'superjumbo,' reported that it had agreed a deal June 2010 to sell a record number of the new A380 planes to Dubai-based airline Emirates in a deal worth an estimated $11.5bn. This means that Emirates now has 90 A380s on order.

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Airbus: Press Release, 8.6.10: Emirates orders a further 32 Airbus A380s http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3911&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1683&cHash=61d701f535

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