Vietnam Airlines to buy 787s, A350s

Published 1:30 pm Monday, October 1, 2007

Both Airbus’s A350 XWB and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner are on Vietnam Airlines wish list. The carrier announced Monday that it had signed tentative deals with both plane makers.

The state-run carrier already has four Dreamliners on order with Boeing and was the seventh airline to request the 787 back in 2005, according to a Boeing press statement. Vietnam Airlines intends to buy another dozen Dreamliners from Boeing with delivery beginning in 2015.

Airbus also signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam Airlines. The carrier wants to pick up 10 A350 Extra Wide Body jets, along with 20 A321 single-aisle jets.