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EasyJet places US$3.8b plane bet after record loss
Published Tue, May 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM
London
EASYJET Plc ordered Airbus SE aircraft with a list price of US$3.8 billion, betting that a fare slide is set to reverse after pushing the UK airline to record winter losses.
Europe's second-biggest discount carrier converted purchase options for 30 A321neos, marking its first deal for the biggest version of Airbus's upgraded narrow-body model, with deliveries due to start next year, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
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