2010年7月23日星期五

Airbus strikes deals with Hong Kong Air

"Airbus strikes deals with Hong Kong Air | AboutHK.Com - More Information About HK"

Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch

Airbus strikes deals with Hong Kong AirFrench aerospace giant EADS on Tuesday said that it notched another tandem of order commitments from LAN Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines for a total of 75 Airbus aircraft.

Chilean airline LAN signed a memorandum of understanding for 50 Airbus A320 family aircraft, including 10 A321s, a new type for the airline.

The company didn't detail which other models were part of the order, but did say the deal is worth about $4.2 billion in list prices.

"We continue investing in order to contribute to the economic growth and social development of countries in the region," LAN COO Ignacio Cueto said.

LAN currently operates 58 Airbus planes and said, as part of its attempt to refresh its fleet, it will sell 15 Airbus A318s between 2011 and 2013.

Separately, Hong Kong Airlines inked an agreement to order 25 Airbus wide-bodied planes. The carrier, under the terms of the deal, is converting 15 existing orders for A330 planes into orders for the new A350 XWB. It also plans to order another 10 A330-200 aircraft; this aircraft model has a list price of $191.4 million.

"Our latest commitment underscores our ambition to develop an extensive long haul network offering world class service," said Hong Kong Air President Yang Jian Hong.

"The super-efficient A330-200 is the perfect platform for us to develop these services, while the A350 XWB will become our new flagship towards the end of this decade."

The orders were announced at the Farnborough Airshow, where Airbus, an EADS company, and U.S. rival Boeing Co. received combined orders worth $20 billion in list prices a day earlier.

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