A Special DW Report on the intense battle between aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing, based in Chicago, and it's main rival, European consortium Airbus, to secure contracts for the next generation of large capacity jets – a battle that Airbus appears to be winning. German carrier Lufthansa has announced plans to raise 750 million Euros to purchase Airbus' new A380 super jumbo planes. Lufthansa is one of 11 companies currently slated to purchase the A380.

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