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AIRSHOW-Airbus says wins $16.3 bln of firm orders at air show

Reuters - UK Focus

By Tim Hepher and Victoria Bryan

PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - Airbus said it won firm orders for 124 aircraft worth $16.3 billion at this week's Paris air show, as well as commitments worth $40.7 billion, and the planemaker's head said the latest deals confirmed demand was "extremely positive".

"We had again a very successful Paris Airshow, we received orders and commitments for 421 aircraft worth $57 billion," Fabrice Bregier, chief executive of Airbus Group (Swiss: AIR.SW - news) 's planemaking division, told a news conference on Thursday.

"This was higher than I expected." (Reporting by James Regan)