In blow to Boeing, JAL makes 1st buy from Airbus

Click photo to enlarge Airbus Japan Chief Executive Fabrice Bregier, left, and Japan Airlines President Yoshiharu Ueki shake hands following their press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Japan Airlines is buying its first ever jets from Airbus in a deal with a catalog value of 950 billion yen ($9.5 billion) with a purchase of 31 A350 planes. «1234» TOKYO—Usually when Japanese airlines need to buy a big plane, they go to Boeing. Not this time. Japan Airlines ordered its first Airbus jets on Monday. It's buying 31 A350s, the European plane maker's new long-range, fuel-efficient jet. JAL also has an option to buy 25 more Airbus planes. Monday's deal is the first for...