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AIRSHOW-Indonesia's Wings Air buys 15 ATR aircraft

Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:15am EST

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DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Wings Air, a subsidiary of private Indonesian carrier Lion Air, has signed a $600 million contract with turbo-prop planemaker ATR to buy 15 ATR 72-500 planes, with options for 15 ATR 72-600s, ATR said in a statement on Monday.

The aircraft are to be delivered between 2009 and 2011, the statement said.

ATR is a joint venture between EADS (EAD.PA) and Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI).

(Reporting by Raissa Kasolowsky; editing by Amran Abocar)



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