Lufthansa to order 40 small short-haul planes

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LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Lufthansa wants to order 40 small short-haul planes, with Airbus’ A220 and Embraer planes under consideration, Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said on Thursday.

He added that an order for 40 bigger single aisle planes was also in the works and the company was looking at Airbus’ A320 and Boeing’s 737 MAX.

Reporting by Joanna Plucinska and Ilona Wissenbach; Editing by Kirsten Donovan

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