2023-12-15 16:50:28
Published on Dec 15 2023 at 5:50 p.m. Updated Dec 15 2023 at 6:32 p.m.
It’s Christmas early at Airbus. While the European aircraft manufacturer was already heading towards a record year in terms of order intake, Turkish Airlines finalized this Friday one of the largest contracts won by Airbus: a giant order for 355 medium and long-haul aircraft. , worth tens of billions of dollars.
The signing of this mega-order was expected since last May, the CEO of Turkish Airlines publicly announced that he wanted to buy no less than 600 planes, as part of its expansion plan. But the distribution of shares between Airbus and Boeing remained uncertain and the presidential election in Turkey apparently contributed to delaying the decision.
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