Singapore Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus planesworth $7.5 billion including five superjumbo A380s. It also said it will ceasenonstop flights to Los Angeles and New York.
The airline said Wednesday the planes which include 20 A350jets will be delivered from 2017 and show its confidence in demand forfull-service air travel. It already flies 19 superjumbos and has an existingorder for 20 A350s which will be delivered from 2015.
Airbus has agreed to buy five A340-500 jets from SingaporeAir, which will be removed from its fleet in late 2013.
That will end of nonstop flights from Singaporeto Los Angeles and Newark. The airline said its use of A380 planes has allowedit to increase capacity on routes that stopover in Frankfurt and Tokyo