Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways is seeking to raise debt to help finance upcoming deliveries of Boeing (BA.N) aircraft on order worth more than $1 billion (752 million pounds), banking sources familiar with the matter said. The state carrier sent requests for proposals to banks about a month ago for 12-year secured funding for the delivery of 787 Dreamliner aircraft and a cargo plane, the sources said. Etihad, which declined to comment on the financing, has 51 787 Dreamliner jets on order, including 21 787-9s and 30 of the larger 787-10 variant, according to Boeing’s website. …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance
