AirAsia to buy 40 A320s for RM9.5b
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SEPANG: Low-cost carrier, AirAsia Bhd, Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with European space consortium, Airbus, for 40 firm orders to purchase the new A320 aircraft in a deal worth about US$2.5 billion (about RM9.5 billion).
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PARIS - Airbus is poised to win a $5.2 billion order from Malaysia&#39;s AirAsia for its A320 short-haul aircraft, pushing out rival Boeing, which had been the budget airline&#39;s sole supplier, The Wall Street Journal reported today.
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China signed a contract to buy 23 A319, A320 and A321 commercial jets from aircraft manufacturer Airbus in a deal worth close to 1.0 billion euros (1.34 billion dollars).
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KUALA LUMPUR Shares of AirAsia, Southeast Asia&#39;s biggest discount airline, soared Monday, their first day of trading, on expectations that new routes to China and Indonesia and lower fuel prices would lift profit.
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BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--Thai Airways International PCL (THAI.TH) plans to fund the planned purchase of 14 new aircraft, worth a total of 96.
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Air Canada AC.TO ACErv.TO has  agreed to buy 45 regional jets from Embraer SA EMBR4.SA, an  order the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer valued on Wednesday  at $1.35 billion.
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Thai Airways International plans to buy six Airbus A380 double-decker aircraft that will be delivered in 2008 and 2009. The airline is also ordering two additional A340 aircraft.
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China signed contracts Monday worth nearly $2.1 billion to buy 23 Airbus jetliners and other German industrial goods. The $1.3 billion Airbus deal calls for a state company that
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Boeing Co  said on Tuesday that China will require 3,400 new airplanes worth about $340 billion over the next 20 years, raising its forecast for the country's booming aviation arena.
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AirAsia Bhd., the first low-cost carrier to be listed in Southeast Asia, made a solid debut Monday on the Malaysian stock exchange, while company officials said they&#39;ll decide within two months on plans to acquire 40 new aircraft.
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The Irish aircraft leasing group AWAS has ordered 75 medium-haul Airbus A320 planes, Airbus announced on Wednesday.
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Singapore Airlines has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 31 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft that are powered by General Electric Co.
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AIRBUS is poised to snatch the most important aircraft order of the year from deadly rival Boeing by landing a deal for 80 planes from fast-growing low-cost carrier Air Asia.
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Boeing yesterday secured a $7.3bn (Â£4bn) order to supply 31 aircraft to Singapore Airlines, boosting its efforts to regain ground on Airbus.
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India plans to buy 40 Hawk trainer jets for its air force from defence group BAE Systems in addition to 66 purchased for 1.45 billion dollars in 2004, officials said.
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Planemaker Airbus said on Wednesday it expected demand for 16,600 passenger planes over the next 20 years, including a sharp rise
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(InfoWorld) - An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$101,514) for a first-class seat on the Singapore AirlinesÂ flight. WhenÂ the A380 takes to the skies next month, it will become the largest airliner in commercial use. Built by Airbus Industries, the aircraft will hold around 555 passengers in a typical configuration. However, Singapore Airlines -- the first to use the aircraft -- opted for a configuration that holds fewer than 480 passengers. Singapore Airlines auctioned off tickets for the first A380 flightÂ on eBay's Singaporean Web site, with all proceeds going to charity. With 24 seats left to sell on Sept. 20, the airline had sold 638 tickets for both legs of the Oct. 25 round-trip flight from Singapore to Sydney and raised S$1.9 million (US$1.26 million). That money will be split among several charities: Singapore's Community Chest; the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, and The Children's Hospital at Westmead; and MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res. The S$153,000 bid for a Singapore Airlines Suites ticket was the most expensive ticket sold during the auction, while an economy-class seat on the return leg from Sydney to Singapore was the cheapest ticket sold at S$853. By comparison, a single, round-trip ticket from Singapore to Sydney is priced at S$900 on the airline's Web site. Some tickets were sold in blocks, including a group of three Singapore Airlines Suites tickets, two business-class seats, and an economy-class ticket sold to a Singaporean bidder for S$85,280. Singapore Airlines said the largest percentage of successful bidders came from Australia, representing 15 percent of the total. Singapore came next at 11 percent, followed by the U.K. (6 percent), U.S. (4 percent), and Germany (3 percent). The youngest successful bidder was a San Francisco man who will turn 22 on the day of the flight, Singapore Airlines said. The oldest successful bidder was a 76-year-old man from Vancouver, it said. The airline said 2,000 bidders registered for the auction and paid a security deposit that qualified them to bid. Â