Airbus Grabs Huge Order From Longtime Boeing Customer
March 18, 2013 at 12:15 PM EDT
Chalk one up for Airbus in its fierce and long-running battle with Boeing. The European plane maker has landed the largest order of the year, and one of the largest of all-time, with a book value of almost $24 billion. Airbus will sell 234 of its A320 planes to Lion Air out of Indonesia.