EK to buy Airbus…?

I noticed this has not been mentioned on here yet, so I am just wondering whether it is true or not, and if anyone else has heard anything about it at all?

Emirates Airline announces plans to buy Airbus

EMIRATES AIRLINE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUY European manufacturer Airbus. A spokesman for the Gulf carrier, which boasts a massive order book with Airbus of more than 90 A380s and 70 A350s, said: “We believe this will be a sound move for all concerned. We decided that we were spending so much time negotiating with Airbus for aircraft purchases that enormous cost savings would be made by simply buying the manufacturer.” An Airbus spokesman, confirming the bid from Emirates, said: “This is an industry first and just one more example of the sort of consolidation many have been talking about.” In response to enquiries, Boeing declined to comment, but did confirm that Emirates had a lot of orders with them too.

Source: http://www.airlineleader.com/_webapp_1084388/Emirates_Airline_announces_plans_to_buy_Airbus

Certainly an “industry first”…and could be very interesting if indeed it were true, but I am somewhat sceptical seeing as this has not been spoken about on any other website, so I am wondering if I have fallen victim to a prank here. I know they say never to believe everything you read in the press/media, but with the rate at which the aviation industry develops, a move like this might not seem unlikely at some point?:o

If it is true, surely this would create a conflict of interest between EK and Boeing, seeing as they (Boeing) rightly point out in the article that EK do have a lot of orders with them as well as Airbus, including the the x30 Boeing 777-300ERs which they ordered on 19th July 2010 at the Farnborough Air Show.:confused: