As the Dubai Airshow nears, Etihad Airways may be looking to strike a new deal with Airbus. As reported by Reuters, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier is looking to purchase more Airbus A350s and possibly order the Airbus A330neo as well. While the A350s make sense, seeing as how the airline is already an A350 operator, the A330neos are a bigger surprise, as it currently has no Airbus A330s in its fleet while also flying 47 Boeing 787s.

Etihad Airways is one of the three major carriers in the Middle East (along with Emirates and Qatar Airways), but Etihad is significantly smaller as it restructured in the late 2010s and early 2010s following years of heavy losses. Now, however, the airline is planning to grow again, hoping to do so more profitably than before, and this rumored order may h

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