Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways’ order for 10 Airbus A380s will not take Airbus through the 200-airframe mark for the type, because the carrier is effectively cancelling its earlier order for four.

Etihad placed an order for four A380s in 2004 and its much-anticipated fleet expansion agreement at the Farnborough air show this week included 10 of the jets.

But while Etihad had originally planned to acquire four of the five test aircraft used by Airbus during A380 development, it has since abandoned this plan and will instead acquire new-build examples.

The ex-test A380s would have been transferred to Etihad with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines but the

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