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Bangkok Airways secures savings on A350s due to delays.

Byline: Boonsong Kositchotethana

Aug. 18--Bangkok Airways has won a concession from Airbus to maintain the prices of six A350 jetliners at the rates originally agreed last year, even though the prices have since risen sharply because the aircraft are being redesigned.

The agreement could mean a saving of US$240 million for the carrier, which has been seeking to apply the price based on the original version of the mid-sized, long-range aircraft. The redesigned and more expensive planes it will receive have had the suffix XWB (Xtra Wide Body) added to the name.

The "discount" is compensation from the European planemaker for the delay of four to five years in ...

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