March 8, 2011
Turkish Airlines has placed a firm USD$1.6 billion order for 13 Airbus aircraft, the European plane maker said on Tuesday.
The airline ordered 10 A321 single-aisle passenger aircraft worth USD$1 billion at list prices and three A330-200 freighters worth USD$600 million.
The order added evidence of an upturn in demand on a day that Boeing sealed deals worth up to USD$10 billion with two airlines in China, the world's fastest growing market that is likely to buy more than 2,000 aircraft over the next five years.
(Reuters)