Pressure mounts on Airbus A330 in widebody order battle
Imminent airline decisions on US$10b of wide-body plane orders could influence the fate of Airbus' A330neo even before the recently upgraded jet completes flight trials, industry sources said. A Tuesday announcement from Hawaiian Airlines that it had dropped its order of 6 Airbus A330neos in favour of 10 787-9 Dreamliner jets by rival Boeing was a sharp blow to the suffering wide-body program. American Airlines said in January it was reviewing the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and shorter-range Airbus A330-900, which is in test flights before entering service this summer. The airline aims to buy some 25-30 wide-body jets and could make a decision in coming days, one of the sources said. Even Boeing's most vigorous supporters doubt Airbus would give up on the A330neo, which is key for its bottom line. <br/>
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Pressure mounts on Airbus A330 in widebody order battle
Imminent airline decisions on US$10b of wide-body plane orders could influence the fate of Airbus' A330neo even before the recently upgraded jet completes flight trials, industry sources said. A Tuesday announcement from Hawaiian Airlines that it had dropped its order of 6 Airbus A330neos in favour of 10 787-9 Dreamliner jets by rival Boeing was a sharp blow to the suffering wide-body program. American Airlines said in January it was reviewing the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and shorter-range Airbus A330-900, which is in test flights before entering service this summer. The airline aims to buy some 25-30 wide-body jets and could make a decision in coming days, one of the sources said. Even Boeing's most vigorous supporters doubt Airbus would give up on the A330neo, which is key for its bottom line. <br/>
