FARNBOROUGH, England July 23 (Reuters) -

G overnment-owned airline flydubai is in early talks with

planemakers Boeing ( BA ) and Airbus to place its

largest-ever airplane order, CEO Chief Executive Ghaith

al-Ghaith said on Tuesday.

"The last order we did was 175 and this (next one) is going

to be the biggest, I'm sure," al-Ghaith told Reuters in an

interview at the Farnborough Air Show. Flydubai announced the

purchase of 175 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes in 2017.