Airbus Tries to Convince Buyers to Switch Away from A350-800 -- Market Talk
23 July 2014 - 7:57PM
Dow Jones News
Airbus Group has to convince four more buyers of the A350-800
jet to switch to other models before it can easily cancel the
poorly-selling aircraft. Hawaiian Airlines said yesterday it would
switch an order of six A350-800s to A330-800neo wide-bodies
instead. Airbus introduced the A330neo, for "new engine option,"
last week at the Farnborough air show and said it expected buyers
for the A350-800 to switch to the new plane or the larger A350-900
due to enter service this year. Yemenia has the largest order still
on the books with a commitment for 10 A350-800s. Aeroflot and
Asiana Airlines both have ordered eight and lessor AWAS has
committed to buying two of the planes. (robert.wall@wsj.com)
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