Aircraft
Airbus Lands New Launch Customer for the A330-800neo
Kuwait Airways signs agreement to buy eight examples
Kuwait Airways chairman Yousef Al-Jassim (left) and Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer commemorate the signing of a purchase agreement for eight A330-800s in Toulouse.
Kuwait Airways chairman Yousef Al-Jassim (left) and Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer commemorate the signing of a purchase agreement for eight A330-800s in Toulouse.

An October 15 purchase agreement with Kuwait Airways for eight A330-800s gives Airbus a badly needed launch customer for the A330neo family’s smaller variant, whose previous initial customer, Hawaiian Airlines, ditched its commitment for six examples in favor of Boeing 787-9s in late February.


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