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Mexico's VivaAerobus set to confirm Airbus switch-sources

Reuters - UK Focus

PARIS, Oct (KOSDAQ: 039200.KQ - news) 17 (Reuters) - Mexican airline VivaAerobus is set to confirm next week an order worth up to $4 billion for 40 Airbus A320-family jets as it defects from Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) to Airbus (Paris: NL0000235190 - news) , industry sources said.

The selection, first reported by Reuters in June, follows a bitterly fought contest between planemakers as the Mexican low-cost carrier becomes the latest to compare updated fuel-saving models designed to enter service in mid-decade .

Airbus and Boeing declined to comment.

The deal is also expected to mark a breakthrough for United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney, whose engines compete with GE/Safran (Paris: FR0000073272 - news) venture CFM to power A320 jets.

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VivaAerobus uses a fleet of CFM-powered 737-300s, an earlier generation of Boeing's most-sold passenger plane.

The Mexican carrier said in June it was studying proposals from planemakers about the possible purchase of new aircraft.