Airbus Wins Most of Japan JAL’s Order for 42 New Planes Written 21 March 2024

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Airbus Wins Most of Japan JAL’s Order for 42 New Planes

Qatar Airways was the A350-900 launch operator on 15 January 2015. | Credit: Steve Lynes; Wikipedia; CC BY 2.0

Reuters reports that Japan Airlines will buy 42 planes from Airbus and Boeing, it said on Thursday, in a breakthrough for European planemaker Airbus, which will provide single-aisle jets to the long-time Boeing customer for the first time. South Korea’s largest carrier, Korean Airalso said it would order 33 Airbus A350s in a deal valued at $13.7 billion that is its first purchase of that aircraft family.
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