Marsans orders 73 Airbus planes, includes 4 A380s

[TallDutch]

MADRID, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Private Spanish travel group Marsans said on Thursday it had signed a contract with airplane maker Airbus, a unit of EADS <EAD.PA>, to buy 73 aircraft. The deal includes the purchase of 4 of Airbus's new A380 superjumbo, the Spokesman said, two going to its carrier Air Comet and two going to Aerolineas Argentinas, majority owned by the group. Spanish newspaper ABC reported on Thursday that such a deal would be worth over 2.2 billion euros ($3.1 billion).

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The A380 order is pretty incredible, was not expecting it at all! Air Comet will be able to jam a lot of seats in that giant.

I guess this means MAD will be seeing A380s after all!

[lijk604]

The A380 order is pretty incredible, was not expecting it at all! Air Comet will be able to jam a lot of seats in that giant.


This may be the first to utilize the 800-seat certification. YIKES!!!!