DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Dubai state-owned airline Emirates EMIRA.UL was close to a deal on Monday to finalise at least part of a provisional order for 70 wide-body aircraft from Europe’s Airbus AIR.PA, industry sources said.
The Dubai carrier has scheduled a news conference for 0900 GMT.
Both companies declined to comment.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher; editing by Louise Heavens)
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