Taiwan's Starlux Airlines orders 5 Airbus A350 freighters, 3 A330neos

China Airlines

21/02/2024 07:45

SINGAPORE, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Starlux Airlines
 2646.TWO  has placed an order for five Airbus  AIR.PA  A350
freighters and three A330neo widebody passenger jets, its chief
executive said on Wednesday.
    Starlux CEO Glenn Chai announced the order on the sidelines
of the Singapore Airshow.
    The A330neos will be delivered in 2025-2026, followed by the
freighters, said Benoit de Saint-Exupery, the senior vice
president of sales at Airbus' commercial aircraft business.
    Starlux, the island's newest full-service airline, launched
its first flights in 2020 and serves destinations including
Tokyo, Bangkok, Macau, Hanoi and Singapore.
     The all-Airbus operator competes against the island's
long-established carriers China Airlines  2610.TW  and Eva
Airways  2618.TW , which are expanding and updating their own
fleets with Boeing's  BA.N  rival 787s.

 (Reporting by Lisa Barrington; Writing by Jamie Freed. Editing
by Gerry Doyle)
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