Airbus SE said yesterday that Taiwan’s EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) has finalized an order for 33 planes from the European aircraft maker, including 18 long-range A350-1000 planes and 15 single-aisle A321neo models.
Airbus did not provide a figure, but the deal could be worth as much as US$8.5 billion under catalog prices that the aerospace giant has not updated since 2018.
Airbus said that it has more than 1,000 firm orders from 60 customers worldwide for its A350 models. The wide-bodied A350-1000 type can seat up to 410 passengers and travel up to 18,000 kilometers non-stop.
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“The A350 is setting new standards across the board in terms of range, payload, fuel efficiency and passenger comfort,” Airbus executive vice president for sales and commercial aircraft Benoit de Saint-Exupery said in a statement.
The A321neo, part of the A320neo family, has received more than 5,600 orders since its launch in 2016.
“In both size categories we have selected the most modern and fuel-efficient types, that offer the highest levels of passenger comfort,” EVA Airways president Clay Sun (孫嘉明) said in the Airbus statement. “The aircraft also bring significant reductions in carbon emissions, which is in line with our company’s sustainability goals.”
Founded in 1989, EVA Airways has a fleet of 86 planes. It carried 2.2 million passengers in 2022.
The airline serves 61 destinations over four continents, not including Africa, according to its Web site.
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