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Airbus lines up huge MAS order
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in the final stages of negotiations with Airbus
Industrie on an
order for up to 80 aircraft, including 18 A340-500/600 widebodies and up to
62 examples of
the A320 family.
Industry sources say the aircraft types have been agreed and the talks are
focused on
financing and industrial participation issues. MAS wants to acquire 10
A340-500s, eight
stretched -600s and 45 single-aisle aircraft, plus 17 options, the sources
say.
One option believed to be under discussion is the creation of a leasing
joint venture between
MAS and Airbus to finance the purchase. The industry sources say the
complicated aspects
of this side of the deal could delay completion by months. Top -level
political lobbying of
Malaysia by European governments has been under way recently in an effort to
clinch the
order for Airbus.
Malaysia is understood to be seeking agreements over technology transfer and
participation
for the country's growing aerospace industry in Airbus subcontract work in
return for
awarding the order to the European consortium.
In an effort to derail the Airbus campaign, Boeing is pushing hard to
persuade MAS to
recommit to its yet-to-be-launched 777X derivatives and to take Next
Generation 737s
(Flight International, 1-7 December, 1999).
The carrier has become increasingly frustrated, however, by Boeing's
repeated delays in
launching the 777X and by its decision to offer the aircraft exclusively
with the General
Electric GE90 powerplant. MAS operates eleven 777-200/300s powered by the
Rolls-Royce Trent 800.
CFM International is tipped to win the engine contract for the A320s with
its CFM56, say
the sources. The sole-source powerplant for the A340-500/600 is the Trent
500.
If the deal is completed, the Malaysian flag carrier plans to use the
A340-500s and -600s to
replace older Boeing 747s and open non-stop transpacific services to the
USA. The A320s
would replace its 40 737-400/500s.
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