KUWAIT, May 16 (Reuters) - The Kuwaiti government has approved an order from state-owned carrier Kuwait Airways

KA.UL for 25 new Airbus EAD.PA planes with an option for 10 others, the airline's chairman Sami al-Nisf said on Thursday.

The airline also said it had signed a "letter of acceptance" with Airbus EAD.PA to buy the new aircraft.

"We signed a letter of acceptance with Airbus," Chairman Sami al-Nisf told a news conference. The 25 jets include 15 A320neo narrow body jets and 10 of Airbus's new A350-XWB widebody aircraft, he told a news conference, adding that delivery was expected 2019.

(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Greg Mahlich)

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