AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur International) has placed a firm order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for 25 more A330-300. The contract is the largest A330 order received by Airbus in a single purchase agreement and increases the carrier’s total firm orders for the type to 51. These will be supplemented by another six A330-300s leased from the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). The contract was signed in Paris by Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X, Fabrice Brégier, President and CEO of Airbus, and witnessed by Tony Fernandes, Co-founder and Director of AirAsia X. AirAsia X will start taking delivery of its newly-ordered A330-300s in 2015 as it begins a major expansion of its network across the Asia-Pacific region.