More evidence accumulates that Airbus' focus on it's a 380 super jumbo has robbed the company of the ability to produce competitive aircraft in other, much larger and more important market segments. Airwise.com reports that Airbus orders for new aircraft have fallen to a six month low, with no wide body sales at all in the last month. "Airbus plane orders have been increasingly dominated by lower-margin single-aisle jets as it wrestles with development problems in its 200-350 seaters and its delayed superjumbo."Air Canada, which has been a very good customer for Airbus, is replacing its young fleet of four engine A 340 wide bodies with Boeing 777 twin engine models. Here is a statement by its CEO from the companys recent annual report:"Beginning in March, we will begin replacing our 10 A340-300s and some of our oldest Boeing 767s with a combination of Boeing 777-300ER and 777-200LR twin-engine aircraft. The 777s have a lower cost per available seat-mile than both of our...(Read Full Post)