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AIRSHOW-AirAsia orders 10 Airbus A350 aircraft

Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:42am EDT

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PARIS, June 16 (Reuters) - Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia (AIRA.KL) ordered 10 A350 aircraft from EADS (EAD.PA) unit Airbus, with an option for five more of the wide-body planes, airline Chairman Tony Fernandes said on Tuesday.

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At current list prices, the 10 firm orders for A350-900s would be worth $2.4 billion, although aircraft are typically discounted to secure sales.

Rolls-Royce (RR.L) said it had been chosen to supply engines for the aircraft, as well as for 10 A330s already on order, in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion in total at list prices.

"History has shown that we generally exercise our options pretty quickly," Fernandes said, adding that "it's not all doom and gloom".

The airline said the order for Airbus' newest model was for its AirAsia X affiliate and that it planned to use it to link its Asian hub in Kuala Lumpur to destinations in Europe and Australia.
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