American Airlines won't buy Airbus A330s for its wide-body fleet

Airbus SE has lost a contest to sell its A330neo jetliner to American Airlines Group Inc., dealing a blow to the European planemaker's efforts to boost wide-body sales in the world's biggest aviation market. Talks with American over the re-engined model have ended, Airbus said Friday in response to questions from Bloomberg. The companies had been discussing the A330neo as a possible substitute for an unwanted A350 aircraft deal, and the decision means the U.S. carrier appears set to… (finance.yahoo.com) עוד...