Air France will this week announce plans to purchase between 50 and 70 Canadian-made Airbus A220 medium-haul jetliners, part of a keenly-awaited revamp of its fleet, France's Journal du Dimanche newspaper reported Sunday. Air France's board is expected to confirm the huge order on Tuesday, a day before the carrier publishes its results for the first half of 2019. It could include an option on "other aircraft of the same type" but contrary to previous speculation is not expected to include any of Airbus' popular narrow-body A320neo jets, the Journal du Dimanche reported.
No estimate was given for the value of the deal. Air France refused to confirm the order, saying that "no decision has been taken at this stage". Airbus refused to comment. The A220 was known as the Bombardier C Series before Airbus bought a majority share in the loss-making aircraft last year and rebranded it.
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