Airbus is pulling ahead as Boeing’s troubles mount

Paris: Airbus cemented its position last week as the world’s biggest plane maker for the fifth straight year, announcing that it had delivered more aircraft and secured more orders than Boeing in 2023. At the same time, Boeing was trying to contain a huge public-relations and safety crisis caused by a harrowing near disaster involving its 787 Max line of airliners.

In the long-running duel between the two aviation rivals, Airbus has pulled far ahead.