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Yemeni airlines seal 700 mln dollar deal for 10 new Airbus 320s
Jan 21, 2010, 14:02 GMT
Sakhir, Bahrain - Yemenia, the official carrier of Yemen, has sealed a deal with Airbus on Thursday to buy 10 Airbus aircraft, at a cost of 700 million US dollars.
The deal was signed by the Sana-based airliner and Airbus officials on the sidelines of the 3-day Bahrain International Air Show that opened Thursday. The deal follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the Dubai air show last November.
The 10 A320 Airbuses, capable of seating 12 passengers in Business and 138 in Economy class, will replace Yemenia's existing fleet as part of a push to expand their regional services to the Gulf, Middle East, Africa, India and Southern Europe.
Yemenia chairman and chief executive, Captain Abdulkhalek al-Kadi, said the new A320s, expected to be delivered by 2011, would share operational and maintenance commonality with their existing Airbus A330s and future A350s.
'The increased efficiency of this integrated fleet will help us achieve our growth targets,' he said.
In the 2007 Dubai Airshow, Yemenia placed an order for ten Airbus A350s.
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