United May Purchase 150 Planes From Boeing or Airbus

"United Airlines, the third-largest U.S. carrier, will negotiate with Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS for an aircraft order that a person familiar with the situation said could call for 150 planes. UAL Corp., the Chicago-based parent of United, is seeking a mix of widebody and narrowbody planes, John Leahy, chief operating officer of Airbus, confirmed today in a telephone interview. Boeing has been invited to participate in the bidding, said Jim Condelles, a spokesman for the planemaker." Next.