French Polynesian flag carrier Air Tahiti Nui has confirmed that will replace its 5 Airbus A340 quad-engine jet fleet with 4 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
The airline will buy 2 aircraft and lease 2 others in a deal valued at $514 million.
The carrier had been looking at the 787, the A330neo and A350 for its fleet upgrade.
Delivery of the first aircraft will start in Q4/2018, which will coincide with Air Tahiti Nui’s 20th anniversary.
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The airline, based at Faa’a International Airport in Papeete, started scheduled service on 20/Nov/1998.
Based on the article “Boeing Wins Battle over Airbus for Air Tahiti Nui with Dreamliner Order” published in AirwaysNews
Wonder why- have a guess, deliveries perhaps? Only 2 this year -wonder how many 787 have come out of Boeing in that time.
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