Airbus Orders Slow In May

Airbus reported its slowest month of the year on Wednesday, with orders for just six aircraft in May.

For the second month running, Airbus sold no airliners in its wide-body family to commercial carriers, though it did win an order for its A330-200 from an unidentified private buyer.

Airbus also sold five single-aisle jets in May, bringing the backlog for 2006 to 84 narrow-body aircraft and 21 wide-body jets, for a total of 105.

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