Airbus Wins Order From Vietnam Airlines

Airbus, the world’s largest commercial plane maker, won an order for 10 A321 aircraft from Vietnam Airlines Corp.

The Vietnamese government has approved the purchase by the state-owned carrier, said John Leahy, chief commercial officer of Toulouse, France-based Airbus.

The first of the 185-seat aircraft, which have a catalog price of $70 million to $75 million each, is scheduled for delivery in early 2006, with a second to arrive later that year, Vietnam’s Thanh Nien newspaper reported. Four more are set for delivery in 2007, two in 2008 and two in 2009.