AirAsia X orders up to 15 A350s

Tony Fernandes announced his order with a little help from twitter, but here's the flash from Flight. Look for a lot more on this story from our team later. Air Asia has got big plans for these aircraft.

Via Air Transport Intelligence:

PARIS 2009: AirAsia X orders up to 15 A350s
Paris (16 Jun 09 15:33 GMT)

AirAsia X has ordered 10 Airbus A350-900 aircraft and placed options on five more.

The Malaysian low-cost long-haul carrier disclosed the agreement at the Paris Air Show today.

First deliveries of the aircraft are due to take place in the first quarter of 2016.

AirAsia X had been weighing up the A350 against the Boeing 787 but earlier this month indicated it had settled on the Airbus twin-jet.

A350s are currently available only with the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine.

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