Aircraft
Airliner buying spree unabated
This week’s spate of large-airliner orders, many confirming previous announcements, continued on Wednesday as Airbus and Boeing unveiled further business.

This week’s spate of large-airliner orders, many confirming previous announcements, continued on Wednesday as Airbus and Boeing unveiled further business. More new deals could be revealed today. For example, International Lease Finance Corp. is talking to Airbus about its unresolved requirement for about 16 A350 XWB aircraft.

Under an MOU, India’s Kingfisher Airlines yesterday “agreed to purchase” 15 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350 XWBs (separate from five previously converted from the earlier A350 design), 10 A330-200s, five Trent 500-powered A340-500s and 20 A320-series aircraft. The A350s and A340s will permit services to the U.S., while the A330 allows Kingfisher to fly to Europe and the A320 provides short-haul transport.