AirAsia's 100-Jet Paris Order Pits Airbus A220 Against Embraer
By and Siddharth Vikram Philip
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Low-cost carrier AirAsia is poised to order about 100 regional jets at the Paris Air Show next week, with the Malaysian airline still undecided between the Airbus SE A220 or Embraer SA 's E2, according to people familiar with the matter.
Negotiations with the manufacturers are coming down to the wire, said the people, who asked not to be named because the talks are confidential. Attractive financing is a key requirement for AirAsia and could sway the final decision, they said.
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