Airbus VIP jets backlog defies economic gravity
Airbus’s VIP division continues to benefit from an industry segment that if not immune to the current economic recession and credit crisis, appears at the

Airbus’s VIP division continues to benefit from an industry segment that if not immune to the current economic recession and credit crisis, appears at the very least to be relatively unaffected.

According to vice president of executive and business aviation François Chazelle, the European airframer has a healthy backlog of some 40 aircraft, a number that was considerably bolstered by orders in 2008 for a mix of 25 narrow- and widebody executive/VIP jets valued at about $3.4 billion.