The aircraft manufacturer Airbus has just before the turn of the year brought two major orders for its smallest jet A220-300 in the roof.
Toulouse (dpa) – The US airline JetBlue and the new US airline Moxy were making orders for every 60 machines of the type, as the manufacturer announced on Thursday in Toulouse . According to the price list, the orders together have a value of 11 billion US dollars (9.6 billion euros). However, high discounts are common for aircraft orders.
The orders of JetBlue and Moxy – a new airline of the US entrepreneur David Neeleman – had already been announced in July. Neeleman was also co-founder of JetBlue . The A220 is Bombardier’s former C series, in which Airbus took the majority last summer.
The A220-300 is the larger of two versions. Bombardier was in financial distress, also because the development of the C-series dragged on and became more expensive than expected.