At the beginning of this month Ryanair announced that by the end of the year it could submit the order for 200 aircrafts to Boeing or Airbus with the delivery date after 2012. According to Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO, the bargain will be closed before the end of the year or if not, then never.

A new state owned Russian airline Rosavia informed recently that Airbus and Boeing had proposed their bids for the Russia’s tender for 50 firm narrow body orders. The decision on the order will be taken on December 20, 2009.

But at the same time Turkish Airlines had also negotiations with Airbus and Boeing at which an order for 70 aircraft was discussed. The price of the order is USD5 billion. But it is still uncertain whether the deal will be divided among them or a single manufacturer will get it. A timeframe for the order is still unknown.

It is expected that Qatar Airways will soon announce about new aircraft deals at the Air Show that will take place in Dubai on November 15, 2009.

In case Airbus or Boeing got big shares from these orders, it would result in a satisfactory close of, generally, not a very successful year and a preferential position in the battle for orders. If orders are placed, that would also serve as a positive sign for the next year for the manufacturer and aerospace sector.

Because of a number of cancellations, Boeing fell behind Airbus this year. One can say that the European manufacturer is considered to be behind it US competitor concerning new orders but it has the less number of cancellations.

Income Report Made by Safran

Safran, a French aerospace company, reported about its income results for the nine months to 30-Sep-2009. According to the report its income went up by 1.7% and the total income went down by 3.5% on an organic basis.

According to Jean-Paul Herteman, group CEO, the global financial downturn affected two major operating units of the company – Aerospace Propulsion and Aircraft Equipment with actually no organic growth. Safran decided not to give a detaoled outlook for 2010 but mentioned the year is going to be challenging.