USATODAY.com - Airbus sneaks past Boeing in 11th hour

USATODAY.com - Airbus sneaks past Boeing in 11th hour: "But Boeing outperformed Airbus in another key gauge of performance � the value of orders. Boeing sold more wide-body planes, which are more expensive than single-aisle models. Boeing sold 447 wide-body jets last year. Airbus took in 193 orders for wide-bodies.
The long-range, fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner, viewed by Boeing as its future, far outsold the comparable class of Airbus planes. And airline customers were drawn to Boeing's 777 because it is more fuel-efficient than the A-340, its Airbus counterpart, Nisbet says. "