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An Airbus SE A220-300 at the Farnborough International Airshow.Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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By Mary Schlangenstein and Benjamin D Katz

July 17, 2018 at 9:18 AM EDT

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July 17, 2018 at 12:33 PM EDT

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Airbus SE’s bet on a slow-selling Canadian jetliner is paying off.

The European planemaker reached its second 60-plane deal in a week for the A220 aircraft, this time through a pact with a planned U.S. carrier backed by airline entrepreneur David Neeleman. The agreement is valued at $5.4 billion before customary discounts, the same as last week’s order by JetBlue Airways Corp.

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