Boeing close to clinching Singapore deal-WSJ

Boeing Co. might be close to beating French rival Airbus for a deal, worth more than $10 billion, with Singapore Airlines, a newspaper reported on Friday.

"The indication is (for) an order made up mostly of the 777-200LRs and a significant number of the 787 Dreamliners. A few -- five or six -- of the 747-Advance freighters may also be part of the order," the Wall Street Journal's Web site quoted unnamed sources as saying.

A Singapore Airlines representative said that the airline had not made a decision yet and that an announcement was not imminent.

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"The evaluation of the proposals submitted by Airbus and Boeing is ongoing and has not led to a conclusion or leaning in any direction," the airline said in a statement. "Nor has there been any final determination on the numbers of aircraft by category."

Industry sources have said that Singapore Airlines is considering as many as 70 wide-bodied planes for its fleet, with the three Boeing models competing against Airbus's A350, A340 and A380.

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Singapore Airlines has 90 aircraft in its fleet, excluding cargo and SilkAir, five of which are Airbus planes. The airline has an order for 19 Boeing 777-300ER planes, with 13 more on option. It also has 10 A380s on order from Airbus, with 15 on option.

Boeing and Airbus are also competing for another deal worth $10 billion with Australia's Qantas, which has said that it might need as many as 100 new planes. (Additional reporting by Mia Shanley in Singapore.)