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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Airways (THY) on Saturday held talks with Airbus to debate a possible order of 355 new plane, the state-run Anadolu information company mentioned.
In the course of the assembly, which came about in Istanbul, officers from Turkish Airways mentioned shopping for 75 wide-body A350-900 and 15 wide-body A350-1000 plane in addition to 250 narrow-body A321neo plane and 5 A350F cargo plane, along with 10 A350-900s for which phrases have already been agreed.
If the events agree, the order would be the largest within the airline’s historical past.
In Could, Turkish Airways chairman Ahmet Bolat mentioned the corporate was planning to order a complete of 600 new plane in June and they might be delivered inside 10 years. A part of the order could be elective and the ultimate order would depend upon a authorities resolution, anticipated in two months, he mentioned in June.
Turkish Airways officers additionally held talks with Rolls Royce (LON:) for engine upkeep companies and spare engines for the wide-body A350 plane, Anadolu mentioned.
