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Article: etihad airways orders 12 wide-body airbus aircraft
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- June 20, 2007
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etihad airways orders 12 wide-body airbus aircraft
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates
has signed a firm contract for the purchase of 12 Airbus wide-body
aircraft including the newest model in its freighter product range,
the A330-200F. The order is for five A330-200s, four A340-600s and
three A330-200Fs.
The agreement was signed by James Hogan, Etihad Chief Executive
and Louis Gallois, Airbus President and CEO, at a ceremony at the
47th International Paris Air show at Le Bourget.
"This aircraft order will enable Etihad to continue its impressive
route network growth which now stands at 43 global destinations. Each
Airbus aircraft within the new order has been ...