Malaysian Airline System, the nation's biggest carrier, may buy
at least 55 single-aisle aircraft worth about $5 billion, according to Boeing.
Boeing plans to offer the
737-900ER or the 737-800, Paul G. Dubeck, senior sales director, international sales, told reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia today.
Malaysian Air is in talks with Airbus SAS and Boeing to buy long-range planes to expand and win more passengers in the south east region, Idris Jala, the airline's chief executive officer said last month.
Economic growth is encouraging more people to travel by air in Malaysia, prompting airlines to add more planes. Asia-Pacific passenger traffic is estimated to grow at a 5.7 percent annual rate between 2006 and 2010, outpacing the global average, the International Air Transport Association, which represents more than 250 carriers worldwide, has forecast.
ased on list prices.