Easyjet is the world's second largest budget airline
Easyjet has agreed to buy 135 new aircraft from Airbus, in a deal announced on the second day of the Paris Air Show.
The budget airline has signed a deal to purchase 35 A320 aircraft and 100 new-generation A320neo jets.
At list prices, the planes should cost the carrier in excess of $11bn (£7bn), though Easyjet claimed it had negotiated a "substantial discount".
Both Boeing and Airbus have been competing to win the Easyjet deal.
"Ultimately, Airbus offered us the best deal, and at a price with a greater discount to the list price than their landmark fleet purchase with Easyjet in 2002," said Easyjet chief executive Carolyn McCall.
The A320 aircraft will start to be delivered from 2015, with the new-generation jets to come into service between 2017 and 2022.
Easyjet have also agreed an option to buy an additional 100 A320neo jets in the future.
85 of the 135 new aircraft will be used to replace ageing models, with the remaining used to fulfil Easyjet's ambition to grow seat capacity by 3-5% per year.
Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22948334#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
