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China Lessor CALC Talks With Airbus, Boeing to Buy 200 Jets
- State-backed leasing company looking at orders this year
- China, Asia travel growth has lifted plane orders from region
The assembled fuselage of an Airbus A320
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China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd. is in talks with Airbus SE and Boeing Co. to order as many as 200 planes as the state-backed lessor seeks to meet surging demand from Asian carriers.
The company is looking at single-aisle and wide-body jets from the planemakers, with the bigger aircraft slated to account for 20 percent of the order, Chief Executive Officer Mike Poon said in an interview in Sydney on Monday. The models the lessor is considering include the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 for short-haul flights, and the 787 and the A350 for long-haul routes, he said.