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- Riyadh Air signed a woody for 60 Airbus A321neo jets connected Wednesday.
- It was reportedly group to opt for Boeing 737 Max narrowbody jets aft buying nan 787 Dreamliner.
- The boost for Airbus comes astatine a testing clip for Boeing.
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Riyadh Air announced an bid for 60 A321neo jets from Airbus connected Wednesday.
The bid from nan airline, which is group to commencement flying adjacent year, comes aft months of speculation arsenic to which planemaker nan Saudis would take for its narrowbody jets.
Last year, Riyadh Air went pinch Boeing for its widebody fleet, signing an bid for up to 72 of its 787 Dreamliners.
In November past twelvemonth reports suggested that Riyadh Air was group to spot different large bid pinch Boeing for 100 737 Max jets. However, nan Dubai Air Show passed without specified an announcement.
Boeing's troubles worsened 2 months later erstwhile an Alaska Airlines 737 Max mislaid a doorway plug successful midair. It sparked regulatory scrutiny complete nan planemaker's quality-control processes, while customer frustrations led to nan ousting of its CEO.
Boeing's 737 Max accumulation has been limited since January's incident, pinch its full commercialized pitchy backlog astatine 5,400.
The Airbus backlog is moreover larger astatine astir 8,000, mostly made up of jets from nan A320 family. The planemaker and Riyadh Air did not supply an expected transportation day for nan 60 A321neos.
Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas told Reuters successful May that nan narrowbody bid had been delayed because he was concerned astir antagonistic media sum that arose soon aft November's Dubai Air Show.
"The past point I want to do is coming my bully news and person it successful a discourse of things that are going connected elsewhere, which are not rather arsenic positive," he said. "Be it Airbus can't present connected clip [or] Boeing is having immoderate method problem."
Wednesday's bid is simply a further boost for Boeing's biggest rival and comes conscionable hours earlier Airbus releases its third-quarter earnings.
Boeing recorded a nonaccomplishment of $6.1 cardinal successful nan past quarter, and is contending pinch a national onslaught now successful its sixth week, planned layoffs, and further delays to its much-anticipated 777X jet.
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