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Old 23rd Jun 2011, 12:38
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Australia's a backwater in aviation>>

AJ is right; It's happening in Asia..


From Paris Air Show this week:

AirAsia's chief executive Tony Fernandes was on hand to announce the deal alongside the jubilant Airbus team - striking a deal to buy a record 200 A320neo jets for a price of 12.7 billion euros.

"It is the largest single order for Airbus in terms of numbers of aircraft," Enders said, while observers noted it was in fact the biggest order in unit terms ever placed for commercial airliners.

The order makes the Malaysian low-cost pioneer Airbus' biggest customer, with a total of 375 planes on order and 89 A320s already in service.
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