American Airlines Says No to Airbus A330neo For Now

Airbus confirmed on Friday that they would not be able to compete with Boeing to win American Airlines’ next wide-body aircraft order. The Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer told Bloomberg that it was unwilling to match the price which Boeing has offered to the airline. US Airways planned to replace its aging fleet of A330s, including nine Airbus A330-300s which will be retired by 2019, with a fleet of 22 new Airbus A350-900 aircraft. American, however, never intended to order A350s as…