Trump’s Trade War Lands at Air Show as Airbus Masks China Buyers
- European planemaker’s customers ask it ‘not to fuel the fire’
- Boeing also won’t disclose buyers for $11 billion in aircraft
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Airbus SE and Boeing Co. usually don’t miss a chance to celebrate their biggest orders at the annual air shows -- typically, top executives will trumpet them loudly at signing ceremonies staffed with a phalanx of smiling flight attendants.
Not this year. On the first three days at the Farnborough expo taking place outside London, Airbus has cloaked the identity of the customer behind $24.4 billion in orders at list prices. Boeing followed suit on Wednesday for deals struck for planes valued at $11 billion based before customary discounts.