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AMR Corp. seeks court permission to buy 400 aircraft worth $38 billion

















Lawyers for bankrupt American Airlines parent AMR Corp. will ask a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday to approve restructured purchase agreements with Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS for more than 400 aircraft and engines worth an estimated $38 billion.

Originally negotiated in July 2011, four months before AMR filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, the purchase agreements for 260 Airbus A320 aircraft and 200 Boeing 737s are the largest commercial aircraft order in history and the key to American's restructuring, company officials said.

AMR also will ask the court to approve its entry into a purchase agreement with Boeing for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, certain financing commitments for Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft, Boeing 737-8 aircraft and the assumption of other aircraft spare parts, support and services agreements.