British Airways in £7.5bn plan to buy 32 Boeing planes

Swoop...BA’s parent company IAG is boosting its fleet with 787-10s

- By Alex Daniel

BRITISH Airways' parent company has bought 32 new Boeing planes from the US, following the country's trade agreement with the UK on Thursday.

International Airlines Group confirmed the order of the Boeing 787-10 aircraft for its BA fleet, alongside 21 Airbus planes for its other airlines yesterday morning.

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday that plane engines and other aeroplane parts would also be excluded from trade tariffs as part of the trade deal.

He said: “We've agreed to let Rolls-Royce engines and those kinds of plane parts come over tariff-free."