Airbus on Tuesday said it received orders for 15 new aircraft from two national Arab airliners and a smaller order from a private Emriates-based company. Yemenia, the official carrier for Yemen, signed a firm contract for ten Airbus A350 as part of the airline's plans to modernize its long haul fleet, Airbus said in a statement. Oman Air also signed a firm contract with Airbus for five new A330 planes _ three A330-300s and two A330-200s, Airbus said. The deals were announced at the Dubai International Airshow, and Airbus did not provide the prices for the orders, according to a report of the Associated Press. Al Jaber Aviation _ an Emirates-based private high-end airline company _ also placed a firm order for two Airbus A318 Elites and signed a letter of intent for two superjumbo A380s, said Airbus, which is owned by European Aeronautic Defense & Space Company. Pakistan's Air Blue, meanwhile, said it signed a firm order for eight Airbus A320 aircraft in a deal with US$520 million at catalog prices, Dow Jones Newswires reported. «We're looking at expanding our destinations to Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bangkok, Malaysia and Singapore over the next three years,» Shahid Abbasi, Air Blue's chief operating officer, said at the signing ceremony at the Dubai airshow.
