:Europe’s Airbus is close to a provisional deal to sell around 20 A330neo wide-body airliners to Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet, industry sources said on Wednesday.
The multi-billion-dollar commitment could be announced as early as Thursday at the Singapore Airshow, they said, pointing to what would be the largest airplane order so far at Asia’s biggest aerospace event.
Airbus declined to comment on any commercial talks and VietJet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Demand for wide-body jets is surging as air travel rebounds after the pandemic, though the air show has been overshadowed by a warning from home carrier Singapore Airlines that fares are now coming under pressure from overcapacity.
VietJet, one of Asia’s largest low-cost carriers, already operates an earlier version of the A330, which is designed for long-haul routes. It took delivery of its first wide-body aircraft, an A330, in December 2021.
Earlier at the Singapore Airshow on Wednesday, VietJet said…
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