The healthy order book for the Airbus A380 superjumbo has sparked a flurry of activity among aerospace suppliers. GEORGE COUPE details the births, deaths and marriages in a consolidation process that is just starting to take off Sitting ringside at the transatlantic Airbus-Boeing tussle over orders for the A380 superjumbo was the world aerospace supply chain. While Airbus has piled on the punches during the past 18 months, winning order after order for the double-deck 555-seater A380 superjumbo, suppliers sought to strengthen their market position in a series of mergers and acquisitions.
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