[link|http://www.reuters.com/article/tnBasicIndustries-SP/idUSN0516336120070405|Reuters].
The U.S. planemaker continues to lead the lucrative market for larger planes -- helped by its immensely popular 787 "Dreamliner" -- and is edging ahead of European rival Airbus in overall sales this year.

Boeing racked up 189 plane orders for the first three months of the year, compared with 176 for the same period last year, which turned out to be its all-time record year for sales, ending with a total of 1,044 net orders.

According to early reports from Airbus -- which may yet be revised -- it took 37 orders in March, bringing its first-quarter total to 134.