FARNBOROUGH, England -- Airbus announced orders for 29 jets Thursday, as U.S. leasing company CIT Group Inc. and Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air signed deals with the European aircraft maker. Unveiling the deals on the fourth day of the Farnborough International Airshow, Airbus said Wizz Air has signed an order to increase its all-Airbus fleet with 20 additional A320s in a deal worth around $1.4 billion at list prices. The airline ordered 12 A320 aircraft plus 12 options a year ago.
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways probably won't buy 20 Boeing Co. 777 planes at the air show after the U.S. plane maker accidentally issued a statement saying the purchase had been agreed upon. "A deal at the show is very unlikely," Salam al-Shawa, Qatar Airway's head of communications, said in a phone interview Thursday. "Talks are ongoing." Boeing issued a statement Monday saying the state-owned Persian Gulf carrier would buy 14 777-300ERs and six 777-200LR aircraft worth as much as $4.9 billion. It later retracted the statement, which was "issued prematurely," according to spokesman Jim Condelles.
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