TOULOSE, FRANCE, Airbus French consortium diffused figures about its business in year 2000: it achieved a turnover of 17,2 USDbn, delivering 311 aircrafts, say 40% of all deliveries of aircraft with more than 100 seats. At the end of the year, the cumulative total of Airbus deliveries stood at 2,499 aircrafts, and production rate is forecasted to jump, up to 2003, from current 26 to 38 aircraft for...