Saudi Arabian Airlines in Boeing 777X order talks: sources

Saudi Arabian Airlines is exploring a potential order for Boeing 777X widebody jets, according to three sources familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear when Saudi Arabia’s state-owned airline, also known as Saudia, could reach a deal or how many 777X jets it is interested in. The airline’s director-general Saleh bin Nasser al-Jasser said last November that a wide-body jet order would be considered in 2018. A potential Saudia order could alleviate production pressure for Boeing which is now unlikely to sell 80 jets that Iran Air ordered before the US withdrew from a nuclear deal with Iran and said it would reimpose sanctions on Tehran. <br/>