Baker, said at the airshow that Qatar Airways would also acquire "up to 60" Airbus A350 aircraft. The Paris Air Show takes place just as the United States and the European Union have engaged in a legal battle over government subsidies to the two aircraft giants. Brussels and Washington have both filed lawsuits with the World Trade Organization, accusing each other of illegally funding the construction of new airplanes. Boeing is seeking to outsell Airbus this year after being beaten by the Toulouse, France-based company on orders in the past four years. "Boeing is clearly taking quite a big lead this year," Zafar Khan, an analyst at SG Securities in London, was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. "It's interesting that the leasing companies are coming back since they've been mostly out of the market for the last three years." --SP 2329 Local Time 2029 GMT
