A model of the Airbus A350-1000 at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. Orders secured at the global aviation event in Dubai helped the European plane maker to vault past Boeing. Photo: AFP
A model of the Airbus A350-1000 at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. Orders secured at the global aviation event in Dubai helped the European plane maker to vault past Boeing. Photo: AFP

Airbus edges past Boeing amid late order bonanza in 2021