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Dubai Airshow: Senegal to buy 6 Airbus jetliners

November 18, 2009 By The Associated Press ADAM SCHRECK (AP Business Writer)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus said Wednesday it agreed to sell six jetliners to newly created Senegal Airlines, giving the European plane maker bragging rights to more than $5 billion worth of orders at a subdued Dubai Airshow.

A slumping aviation market stemming from the economic downturn has kept Airbus and its U.S. rival Boeing Co. from announcing any of the blockbuster deals...

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