International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, has placed a landmark order for 32 long-haul jets from Boeing worth nearly $13bn (£9.8bn), a day after a trade agreement between the UK and US led to the scrapping of tariffs on jet engines.
The announcement, made on Friday, comes just a day after the United Kingdom and the United States reached an agreement to eliminate tariffs on aerospace components, in a move welcomed by the aviation sector.
IAG is purchasing 32 Boeing 787-10…
