Airbus upbeat, but may have to wait for AirAsia deal
Delegates were already braced for a low-key Paris Airshow after Boeing struck huge deals during US President Donald Trump's recent trip to the Middle East. The US company then scaled back its presence at the show to focus on the probe into last week's deadly crash of an Air India Boeing 787.
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