Airbus SE said that aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group has agreed to buy as many as 60 planes as the European manufacturer wraps up a bumper month.
The acquirer, wholly owned by Tokyo Century Corp., will purchase 40 A320neo family jets including five long-range A321XLRs and placed tentative orders for 20 smaller A220 planes, Airbus said in a statement Thursday.
Boeing has been pushing the rival 737 Max after the plane was cleared to fly again in the wake of two deadly crashes. The Chicago-based manufacturer has been using discounted sales to help compensate customers for revenue lost after regulators grounded the Max. But with the model selling strongly and delivery slots filling, Boeing executives signaled in October they were focusing on “pricing discipline.”