Aeroflot aims to sign US$8.7b Airbus A350 order this year
Aeroflot is targeting a deal for 28 Airbus A350 jets by the end of this year, double an initial outline agreement, as the airline pushes expansion plans buoyed by a recovering economy. The board authorised the purchase of a second tranche of 14 A350-900s last month, but final terms including cabin configuration, delivery slots and pricing remain to be negotiated, Deputy CE Giorgio Callegari said. The total transaction will be worth US$8.7b at list prices. Sign-off on the plan would cap a 10-year saga that began in 2007 with an order for 22 A350s and the same number of Boeing 787s. Aeroflot later scrapped the 787 deal and began re-evaluating the Airbus purchase as planes became available from failed rival Transaero Airlines. <br/>
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Aeroflot aims to sign US$8.7b Airbus A350 order this year
Aeroflot is targeting a deal for 28 Airbus A350 jets by the end of this year, double an initial outline agreement, as the airline pushes expansion plans buoyed by a recovering economy. The board authorised the purchase of a second tranche of 14 A350-900s last month, but final terms including cabin configuration, delivery slots and pricing remain to be negotiated, Deputy CE Giorgio Callegari said. The total transaction will be worth US$8.7b at list prices. Sign-off on the plan would cap a 10-year saga that began in 2007 with an order for 22 A350s and the same number of Boeing 787s. Aeroflot later scrapped the 787 deal and began re-evaluating the Airbus purchase as planes became available from failed rival Transaero Airlines. <br/>
