Airbus won orders for 65 aircraft on Thursday from two of Boeing's main Asian customers, a major breakthrough at a time when its American rival has been in turmoil since a piece of fuselage from a 737 MAX 9 was ripped off in mid-air in January.

The European company will supply single-aisle aircraft for the first time to Japan Airlines (JAL), which has announced an order for 11 A321neo aircraft, in addition to 21 A350-900 wide-body jets. Japan's second-largest airline also said it would buy ten Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

JAL will order an additional A350-900 to replace the aircraft destroyed in a collision on the tarmac at Haneda airport in January.

The aircraft are scheduled for delivery to JAL between 2025 and 2033, and the order is worth $12.39 billion (€11.35 billion) at list price.

South Korea's largest carrier, Korean Air , will order 33 Airbus A350s in a deal valued at $13.7 billion.

This purchase, the airline's first in the long-haul category, comes as it prepares to merge with Asiana Airlines.

The South Korean flag carrier, which operates a mixed Boeing/Airbus fleet, will acquire 27 A350-1000s and six A350-900s, which Airbus claims consume 25% less fuel than similar older-generation aircraft.

Boeing has been under intense scrutiny by the authorities over its safety standards and the quality of its production process since the incident on January 5 involving an aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. (Reporting Maki Shiraki and Mariko Katsumura, written by Lisa Barrington; French version Corentin Chappron, Dimitri Chappron and Kate Entringer)