Airbus lines up £2.5bn orders

Aerospace workers on Deeside are waiting for confirmation of another major order for Airbus jets from a growing Asian airline.
Reports from India strongly suggest the country’s Kingfisher Airlines is in talks to buy around 40 Airbus planes in a deal worth about £2.5bn.
Details of which aircraft types the Indian carrier was interested in have not been disclosed and Airbus was making no comment on the reports last night.
Wings for the aircraft will be made at Airbus’ Broughton plant, near Chester.
It was not immediately clear whether it was the same deal as the preliminary £3.5bn contract Kingfisher announced at the Paris air show last June for the purchase of 50 Airbus aircraft.
That deal included 15 of Airbus’ newest aircraft, the A350-800 XWB, worth £1.5bn, as well as five four-engine A340-500 planes, 10 A330-200 wide-body models and 20 single-aisle A320-family jets.
26/01/08 Alistair Houghton/Liverpool Daily Post, UK

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