June 17, 2009
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia ordered 10 A350 aircraft from Airbus, with an option for five more of the wide-body planes, airline Chairman Tony Fernandes said on Tuesday.
At current list prices, the 10 firm orders for A350-900s would be worth USD$2.4 billion, although aircraft are typically discounted to secure sales.
Rolls-Royce said it had been chosen to supply engines for the aircraft, as well as for 10 A330s already on order, in a deal worth up to USD$1.8 billion in total at list prices.
“History has shown that we generally exercise our options pretty quickly,” Fernandes said, adding that “it’s not all doom and gloom”.
The airline said the order for Airbus’s newest model was for its AirAsia X affiliate and that it planned to use it to link its Asian hub in Kuala Lumpur to destinations in Europe and Australia.
(Reuters)
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