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| American Airlines cancels deal with Airbus to order 47 Dreamliners in multi-billion dollar agreement with Boeing |
| 2018-04-07 |
| [Mail] American Airlines has cancelled a major deal with Airbus for 22 A350s, announcing it has instead purchased 47 787 Dreamliners from rivals Boeing in a deal valued at $12 billion. The airline said it had also reached an agreement with Airbus to 'terminate its order' in an effort to 'simplify its fleet'. But the announcement marks the end of a hard-fought contest between the two firms over who was to take on the significant order. The sudden shift is a blow to France-based Airbus - who previously supplied American Airlines with nearly three dozen A350s. 'This was a difficult decision between the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 and A330neo and we thank both manufacturers for their aggressive efforts to earn more of American's business,' said American Airlines president Robert Isom. 'In the end, our goal to simplify our fleet made the 787 a more compelling choice.' The order comprises 22 787-8s scheduled to begin arriving in 2020 and 25 787-9s scheduled to begin arriving in 2023. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 SteveS——hilarious comment! Well done. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-04-07 13:20 |
| #1 "As God is my witness, I thought the A350 deal would fly." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-04-07 12:29 |