Paris Air Show: Malaysian LCC, AirAsiaX, confirms $2.8 billion order for 15 A330 aircraft
21 Jun 2007
The firm order for 15 planes is worth $2.8 billion at list prices.
After remarking that his airline would be interested in placing orders for the A350 XWB only after it became available after 2013, Fernandes made a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Boeing Co.'s competing 787 Dreamliner as being "a bit too small for us."
Fly Asian Express, or FAX placed the order for Airbus aircraft, which is the controlling company of airline AirAsiaX. The airline will use its A330-300s in a one-class configuration with 396 seats.
Fernandes also said that the sister short-haul concern, AirAsia, would probably be announcing additional aircraft orders at the Paris Air Show later on in the week.