Sentence examples for plane order from inspiring English sources

The plane order is among the largest of the year and one that Boeing and Airbus, based in France, competed ferociously to win.

AirTran, formerly known as ValuJet, recently placed a $5 billion plane order that the major financially troubled carriers can only envy.

That was the biggest commercial plane order placed last year, and the deal also included an option for 120 more planes.

Qantas, the Australian airline, canceled a major plane order Thursday after reporting a loss for the year that ended in June.

In June, the pilots rejected a contract with Air Canada to fly new Boeing jets, a move that forced ACE to cancel a $6.1 billion plane order for 18 Boeing 777s and 14 787 Dreamliners.

The decision was unveiled in an unusual fashion last week, when American Airlines announced that it would split a $38 billion plane order between Boeing, its longtime supplier, and Airbus, Boeing's European rival.

However, the trend among regional airline operators is towards single-aisle plane orders.

While commercial plane orders more than doubled in September, they fell 4.4 percent in October.

While new jet sales may be slowing, there is still a big backlog of plane orders.

Aerospace customers that buy Alcoa's fasteners are slowing production as airlines cancel and delay plane orders.

EADS said it expected Airbus to book 520 to 530 new plane orders this year, slightly below last year's levels.