Dubai’s Emirates Airline has cancelled an order for 70 of Airbus’s A350 wide-bodied aircraft, the planemaker says.
Airbus said the cancellation had followed “ongoing discussions with the airline in light of their fleet requirement review”.
In 2007, Emirates placed 50 orders for the A350-900 and 20 for the A350-1000, with deliveries due from 2019.
UK engine maker Rolls-Royce said the cancellation would lead to a £2.6bn hit to its order book.
“While disappointed with this decision, we are confident that the delivery slots which start towards the end of this decade vacated by Emirates will be taken up by other airlines,” Rolls Royce said.
Airbus said it was “very confident” in its A350 XWB programme. It said it had 742 firm orders and it expected the order book to continue growing in 2014.
“Interest in the game changing A350 has always been very high with customers,” it said.
Airbus added that Emirates had recently “reiterated its confidence in Airbus products, particularly by praising the A380″.
The airline ordered an extra 50 A380 planes at the last Dubai Airshow.
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