Lufthansa Is Giving Boeing a Shot at New Wide-Body Deal
- Airline plans $5 billion wide-body order within months
- Deal may hinge on trade-ins for aging, four-engine A340s
An employee works on the tail of a Boeing Dreamliner 787 plane on the production line at the company's final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG is trying to decide whether to take its first Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners, or to expand its fleet of Airbus SE’s marquee A350 wide-body jets as it updates its long-range aircraft, according to people familiar with the plans.
Lufthansa has requested proposals from both Airbus and Boeing, and is looking to order about 20 jets in a deal that may be finalized in the next few months, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private.