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AirAsia's $6 billion jet order waits in wings for Boeing or Airbus.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By David Bowermaster, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 29--AirAsia, a rapidly expanding low-fare carrier based in Malaysia, is poised to award a narrow-body jet order that could be worth more than $6 billion at list prices to either Boeing or Airbus.
Boeing recently received a final request for data from AirAsia, confirmed Bob Saling, a company spokesman.
"Our sales team is in Kuala Lumpur right now," Saling said. "They were providing information to the airline as late as last week."
AirAsia Chief Executive Tony Fernandes yesterday told ATWOnline, an airline-industry newsletter, that the carrier is "within days" of ordering either Boeing 737-800s or Airbus A320s to support its proliferating network....
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