European aircraft maker Airbus announced Friday it had won an order from Bangkok Airways for six A350 widebody airplanes.

The Airbus A350 is a mid-size, long-haul plane being developed as a competitor to Boeing's Dreamliner model 787. It is scheduled to begin service in 2010, two years later than the launch of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.

Airbus said this order brought its total number of firm buys and commitments for the A350 to 170 aircraft, from 13 airlines, below the approximately 200 orders the company had forecast by the end of this year.

Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. The catalog price of the A350-800 ranges between 158.6 million euros and 165.3 million (187.5 to 195.4 million U.S. dollars).

Airbus is owned 80 percent by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company and 20 percent by BAE Systems of Britain.

Source: Xinhua