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Airbus wins landmark Lion Air order - sources

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A Lion air plane prepares to land as a Garuda air plane queues to take-off at the Sukarno-Hatta airport in TangerangBy Ingrid Melander and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's Airbus has landed a record order potentially worth $20 billion (13.2 billion pounds) at list prices from Indonesia's Lion Air, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, smashing rival Boeing's grip on one of the world's fastest-growing airlines. In a sign of the rising importance of Asian budget carriers for high-tech manufacturing jobs, the deal is set to be announced on Monday at a ceremony overseen by French President Franciois Hollande, the sources said, asking not to be named. EADS subsidiary Airbus declined comment. ...



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