Airbus-Boeing battle shifts to Indonesia
A new rivalry between the world’s biggest planemakers is heating up in Indonesia after a record deal for Airbus in a market with huge potential that until now has been a “fortress” for Boeing.
A new rivalry between the world’s biggest planemakers is heating up in Indonesia after a record deal for Airbus in a market with huge potential that until now has been a “fortress” for Boeing.
Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian’s Lion Air worth €18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande said should inspire the struggling French economy and all of Europe.
Lufthansa, Europe’s biggest airline, said it plans to order eight long-haul aircraft and 100 short- and medium-haul aircraft from Airbus and Boeing for a total 9.0 billion euros ($12.1 billion).
Philippine Air¬lines has sealed a deal for as many as 85 wide- and nar¬row-bod¬ied jet¬lin¬ers from the world’s big¬gest air¬craft man¬u¬fac¬turer Air¬bus In¬dus¬trie in a trans¬ac¬tion that the flag car¬rier is set to an¬nounce Tuesday.
European planemaker Airbus on Monday announced improved versions of its long-haul A330 series of passenger jets, allowing for longer journeys between major world cities.
Philippine Airlines plans to acquire up to 100 new aircraft over the next five years, marking its most aggressive refleeting effort since the mid-1990s, according to the flag carrier’s new president.
SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines said Wednesday an Airbus A380 bound for Hong Kong was forced to return to the city-state this week after one of its engines shut down. Flight SQ856, carrying 368 passengers, turned back 20 minutes into the flight on Monday “after engine number 3 shut down during the aircraft climb,” the airline said in [...]
Malaysian airline AirAsia ordered a record 200 medium-haul Airbus A320neo passenger jets on Thursday, a deal with a catalogue price of $18.2 billion (12.7 billion euros), both firms announced at the Paris air show.
LE BOURGET—Indian low-cost airline IndiGo said Wednesday it has sealed a contract to buy 180 medium-haul A320 jets from Airbus in a deal worth $15 billion (10 billion euros) at list prices. The order comprises 150 A320neo jets, the upgraded and more fuel-efficient version of the A320, of which the airline will also take 30, [...]
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific announced Thursday it had ordered 37 new Airbus jets worth $3.8 billion as part of its ambitious plans to expand operations across the Asia Pacific.
