{"id":2251,"date":"2014-09-23T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourism.plus4d.com\/2014\/09\/23\/19919048566061\/"},"modified":"2014-09-23T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:16:00","slug":"19919048566061","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/?p=2251","title":{"rendered":"IAG confirms Airbus order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">European airline operator IAG has confirmed an order for eight new Airbus A330-200 aircraft.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The company, which operates British Airways and Iberia, had previously had purchase options for the new wide-body jets, and has now confirmed the deal.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The new aircraft will be delivered to Spain&rsquo;s flag carrier Iberia, which will become a new operator of the A330-200. The twin-aisle jets will be delivered from the end 2015, joining Iberia&rsquo;s all-Airbus fleet that already includes eight A330-300s.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&ldquo;We are just delighted that Iberia has reconfirmed its confidence in the A330, and are extremely pleased to welcome them as a new operator of the A330-200 benefiting from the enhanced performance that the new 242-tonne version brings, while continuing to deliver the family synergies of an all Airbus fleet,&rdquo; said John Leahy, Airbus&rsquo; chief operating officer for customers.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Iberia currently operates 13 Airbus A319s, 12 A320s, 18 A321s, eight A330-300s, eight A340-300s and 17 A340-600. It also has outstanding orders for eight A350-900 aircraft, which will replace the airline&rsquo;s A340s.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European airline operator IAG has confirmed an order for eight new Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The company, which operates British Airways and Iberia, had previously had purchase options for the new wide-body jets, and has now confirmed the deal. The new aircraft will be delivered to Spain&rsquo;s flag carrier Iberia, which will become a new operator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category---tourist-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}