Delta Places Order For 50 Long-haul Airbus Jets

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European plane maker Airbus has won an order worth roughly $14 billion at list prices from Delta Air Lines for 50 long-haul, wide-bodied jets, two people familiar with the matter said.

A Delta Air Lines DC-9 taxis on the tarmac at Minneapolis?Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Monday, January. 6, 2014

The order, to be split between the all-new A350-900 and a recently announced revamp of the current-generation A330, follows a closely fought competition with Boeing.

Airbus emerged as the front-runner after it became clear its revamped A330neo could be delivered earlier than Boeing’s temporarily sold-out 787 Dreamliner, one of the people said.

Airbus and Delta declined to comment.

Source Reuters

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