THE LYING FRENCH, VOL MCXXX

Airbus vs Boeing redux....the French (slimeballs) have claimed A380 orders that they do not have. Letters of intent are zero. I don't believe for a second that too many airlines are lined up for a gas guzzling SUV of the skies when the competition will fly cheaper to operate Boeing planes. As I posted here five months ago, they blackmailed Tsunami struck Thailand into "buying" six of them under the threat of cutting off trade. News posting is here.

Tsunami-hit Thais told: Buy six planes or face EU tariffs
TSUNAMI-struck Thailand has been told by the European Commission that it must buy six A380 Airbus aircraft if it wants to escape the tariffs against its fishing industry.

While millions of Europeans are sending aid to Thailand to help its recovery, trade authorities in Brussels are demanding that Thai Airlines, its national carrier, pays £1.3 billion to buy its double-decker aircraft.

So don't believe anything the French say about anything. Much of the aid we sent to Thailand was spent to buy the fucking A380.