Saudia plans to order 70 Airbus, Boeing jets: report

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plans to order 70 airliners from Airbus and Boeing, Saudi news outlet Maaal reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources. Saudia is in talks with local banks to raise 11.5b riyals ($3.07b) to partly finance an order for Airbus A321 narrow-bodied jets and Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner wide-bodies, Maaal said. The report did not breakdown how many aircraft of each type Saudia was planning to purchase. A bankersaid that Saudia was in the market to raise debt for an order of around 70 new jets. The airline’s fleet of 144 aircraft already includes A321, 777 and 787 jets.<br/>