Air France-KLM could place a "very big order" for Airbus or Boeing aircraft to cover its needs for many years, chief executive Pierre Henri Gourgeon said on Monday.
"We could have a very big order of the size you mentioned," Gourgeon said when asked by reporters in Rome about plans to buy up to 100 medium-sized planes, a segment in which the Airbus A350 competes with the Boeing 787.
"What we say to the aircraft manufacturers is, let's go through a tender and do your best to address our needs over many years and then we will make a choice," he added.
(Reuters)