Aeroflot goes Airbus
By IAG | February 9th, 2007 | Posted in aeroflot, airbus, boeing | 2 CommentsAccording to Bloomberg – OAO Aeroflot, eastern Europe's largest airline, plans to order 15 Airbus SAS A330 planes as it waits for the world's biggest plane maker to deliver on the A350 program.
Aeroflot is negotiating a deal under which it will begin receiving the first of the long-range A330s late next year as an interim measure before production of the A350 begins, Aeroflot Chief Executive Officer Valery Okulov told reporters in Moscow today. The A350 is Airbus's competitive response to Chicago- based Boeing's 787
Dreamliner.
Aeroflot, based in Moscow, plans further talks with the European manufacturer next week about the order and the purchase of 22 A350s beginning in 2014, said Sergei Koltovich, head of fleet planning. The company had been in talks with Boeing regarding the purchase of 787s, which is scheduled for first delivery in 2008. The A350 is slated to enter service in 2013.
"We're not holding any talks with Boeing at the moment," Okulov said.
Indeed, Boeing likely won't be speaking with Aeroflot for a long time.
Boeing is in Seattle, not Chicago.
Boeing's headquarters are in Chicago.