Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will sign a huge aircraft order next year ranging from new narrrowbodies up to large widebodies, with the choice at the top end between the Airbus A380 and Boeing’s 747-8I.

Etihad still has deposits and delivery slots on four A380s, but whether it ends up taking these aircraft depends on the structure of the order it is currently discussing with the two manufacturers, says Etihad CEO James Hogan.

“When we renegotiated for 12 aircraft at Le Bourget we pushed the aircraft [A380s] to 2013,” he says. As part of the compensation deal with Airbus for the delay to the A380 programme, Etihad chose to take fiv

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