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 put out a huge public-relations and safety crisis caused by a harrowing near disaster involving its 737 Max line of airliners. In the long-running duel between the two aviation rivals, Airbus has pulled far ahead. The New York Times:

Source: New York Times January 19, 2024 19:05 UTC