This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C39934.A9E349A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Korean Air agrees to buy eight jets from Airbus=20 =09 =09 Reuters <http://money.excite.com/img/logo_reuters.gif> =09 Thursday October 23, 2:28 AM EDT=20 SEOUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Korean Air (003490), South Korea's largest carrier, said on Thursday it has signed a contract to buy eight aircraft from Airbus (BA <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=3D0&symbol_search_text=3DBA= > )(EAD <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=3D0&symbol_search_text=3DEA= D> ). The company said in a public notice to the Korea Stock Exchange it would purchase eight 550-seater A380 passenger aircraft. But no further details were immediately available. Airbus is 80-percent owned by European aerospace firm EADS, while British-based BAE Systems Plc holds the remaining stake.=20 =A92003 Reuters Limited.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C39934.A9E349A0 Content-Type: image/gif; name="logo_reuters.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Location: http://money.excite.com/img/logo_reuters.gif R0lGODlhZAARALP/AP/////Xwf+MOcrK6p+f3GZmwjU1rQMDlwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAACwAAAAAZAARAEAE/xDISau9OOvNNSEDVxxkeRjhYJKFpB4EZRzt9IbTuOL6auQmQ60SCACM PdOww2w6nx1CAbRJkgwxwMunJeEks9ZsdQVYWWYydkIgf4kCQaEwGNMuo59EF2urXXYlWTZeFGd3 eUAwAH47GAFxc3UlS1CWl5iPaZQZiS4kMTcWL4MAYRSiQHoVnl13fm8WkAKzkkKTpXsnYLufB7Gu g7iohap4vTOrFq0Ss7V0tzO5mdTVTUhBwNbb3J1X06gf4rHi5TgfFQNU6uXjWu0fKe3a5RrPk73L LAV2KVdzAIPJQDRnjJA5mwDOiaEDYAl/JwpWakbxjDJVAzL6CcXCncAJp3QI/TJ0op4uFBpBuaKT 8YKzSNCg3WF1ZcyQFwfp+HoTcifJnEN0GLCZTgpRCi/lxJw00ZOfGi+mmGz4YcybVLpgmEujZyNI qQR6TjByZFM2C1KELdSiUKEhfrfw6GTTdm1aG2sZwZ2irRlMfBe7CR68SciFCAA7 ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C39934.A9E349A0--