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European planemaker Airbus said on Friday that Irish airline Aer Lingus had confirmed an earlier order for more Airbus A350-900 and A330-300 planes.

Airbus said the Irish airline has received shareholder approval to purchase six A350-900s, along with six additional A330-300s, confirming an earlier placed contract.

This latest contract brings total firm orders for the A350 XWB to 362, with orders placed by 22 customers, Airbus added.

Airbus is a unit of European aerospace and defence group EADS. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, editing by Will Waterman) reuters.com