YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS. American Airlines canceled a deal with Airbus and announced on Friday it intends to purchase 47 new Boeing Dreamliner jets, CNN reports.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets are worth a combined sticker price of $12 billion, but Boeing (BA) and American (AAL) both declined to comment on the financial terms of their new purchase agreement.

American said Friday that it had also reached an agreement with Airbus to "terminate its order for 22 A350s" in an effort to "simplify its fleet."

The company noted it already owns nearly three dozen 787s.

"We have two excellent partners in Boeing and Airbus and our relationship with both manufacturers goes back many years," American Airlines President Robert Isom said in a statement.

He added that the decision to cancel its Airbus order — which was originally inked by US Airways before it merged with American — marked a "difficult decision" for the company.

"We thank both manufacturers for their aggressive efforts to earn more of American's business," he said.

A statement said that the jets offer "improved fuel efficiency, lower maintenance costs, greater range, and enhanced customer experience" over older Airbus and Boeing planes within American's fleet.

American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It is the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passengers carried, scheduled passenger-kilometers flown, and number of destinations served. 

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan