PARIS/SYDNEY -Malaysia Airways is poised to announce a deal subsequent Monday to accumulate 20 Airbus A330neo wide-body jets, business sources stated on Wednesday.
Chief Government Izham Ismail stated in June the airline was nearing a call on changing its earlier-model A330 fleet, and Reuters final month reported that the upgraded A330neo had been chosen as the popular mannequin.
The deal to interchange 15 A330-300s and 6 A330-200s is prone to contain leasing round half of the upgraded A330neo planes and buying the remaining straight from Airbus, stated two of the sources, who weren't authorised to talk publicly.
Malaysia Airways and Airbus declined to remark.
Malaysia Airways has Airbus A330s and A350s in its long-range fleet and had positioned a provisional order for competing Boeing 787s in 2017, however let the deal lapse.
The fleet improve comes amid indicators of a pick-up in demand for wide-body jets after a prolonged downturn.
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