Plane-leasing giant AerCap to buy more Dreamliners  

'We see an opportunity to build on a bet that we placed on the 787 a while ago... We think the 787 is an aircraft of the future'

A China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane lands over houses near Heathrow Airport. File picture

AerCap, one of the plane-leasing giants with major offices in Ireland, says it will buy five additional 787 Dreamliners. 

"We believe in this aircraft," said AerCap chief commercial officer Peter Anderson at a press event at the Farnborough Airshow in England.