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Warlock2000
29th May 2003, 21:13
SEATTLE (Reuters) -- Dubai-based airline Emirates will announce a huge order for jetliners from Airbus SAS and rival Boeing Co. next month at the Paris Air Show, according to trade magazine Flight International.

Emirates will order up to 69 wide-body jets, including 23 Airbus A380s, bringing the fast-growing carrier's total orders for the new 555-seat megajet to 45, Flight reported in its latest edition, without directly citing anyone.

The order would also include 10 Airbus A340-600s and 26 Boeing 777-300ERs (extended range), Flight reported, accounting for a total of 59 of the 69 jets mentioned.

Emirates in 2001 announced its intention to order 25 777s, but has not yet specified which version it would buy. It currently operates nine smaller 777-200s and 12 stretched -300 models.

The magazine quoted an unnamed Emirates source as saying the airline would likely make a large order announcement on June 16, noting that such an announcement has been expected for several months.

At catalog prices, the jets cited would cost more than $12 billion, but airlines routinely receive discounts of 20 percent or more on large purchases and several have reported even fatter savings during the current industry slump.

Flight said Emirates was offered "heavily discounted'' prices from Airbus and Boeing, plus leasing companies General Electric Capital Aviation Services and International Lease Finance, a unit of American International Group Inc.

The four-engine A340-600 comes equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 500 powerplants and the 777-300ER twin-jet comes only with the General Electric GE90-115B.

Emirates has not yet chosen which engines will power the 23 latest A380s, though it selected the GP7200 from the GE/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance last year for its first 22 A380s, Flight reported.

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Buster Hyman
29th May 2003, 22:31
:hmm: Must be for when they start trans Tasman services....:eek: