A Chinese newspaper, which reported that China had cancelled a deal of buying 150 aircrafts from Airbus, has caused a sensation in the whole media world of China. This newspaper made a mistake in translating the original report from a news agency of the United States.

This newspaper is based in Chengdu, Sichuan province. It quoted the Bloomberg News in a report, saying: “Airbus does not expect to meet the target which is set in 2005, of selling 150 aircrafts to China during the year of 2009.” This report was on the top of all major China web portals on March 1st, 2009. However, the original article of Bloomberg News of Feb 25 actually said that Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer which is based in France had seen its plans of signing a fourth Chinese order for over 150 planes since 2005 delayed.

The attention the translation error of the report has received reflected the sensitive elements in the strained Sino-French relations. Since the erroneous translation issue took place at the same time when a Chinese trade delegation had signed a series of contracts worth nearly $ 13 billion with Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Britain. Airbus, the France-headquartered aircraft manufacturer which had completed around three deals of selling about 450 aircrafts to China, refused to make any comments on March 1st on those reports.

Nevertheless, Laurence Barron, president of Airbus’ China division, said on Feb 23rd that Airbus expected its global aircraft orders in 2009 to reach only the half of the number in 2008 because of the global financial crisis. He declined to estimate the orders from China, only saying that China had neither not escaped this financial crisis.

Companies around the whole world have been greatly affected by the recent fall in traffic. Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation administration of China said in December, 2008 that Chinese airlines would experience a more stringent process to buy or lease airplanes in 2009. It also urged airlines to cancel or defer taking the delivery of aircrafts in 2009 in order to keep a balance between the demand and supply. China’s Eastern Airlines, one of the country’s three largest airline carriers, said on Feb 26th that it would cancel the orders of Airbus and Boeing.

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