Friday, January 28, 2005
Chinese airlines announce purchase of 60 Boeing jetliners
BEIJING: Six Chinese airlines signed a deal Friday to buy 60 of Boeing Co.'s new B7E7 jetliners for a combined US$7.3 billion (euro5.6 billion), one of the carriers announced.
It was the biggest single aircraft purchase to date by Chinese airlines and gives Boeing a boost in its competition with European rival Airbus Industrie for business in China.
The first of the so-called super-efficient jetliners will be delivered in 2008, Xiamen Airlines Co. said in a statement.
The other carriers are Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines Co., Shanghai Airlines Co. and Hainan Airlines Co., the statement said.
Xiamen Airlines said it plans to introduce a B7E7 aircraft each year during 2008 and 2010. - AP
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