Airbus Wins $37 Billion China Jet Deals in Blow to Boeing
- Air China to take 64 A320s, with 32 bound for Shenzhen Air
- China Southern will buy 96 narrowbodies and lease 19 more
The assembled fuselage of an Airbus A320 narrow-body passenger twin-engine jet airliner.
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Airbus SE won one of its biggest-ever orders for 292 airliners worth more than $37 billion from four Chinese airlines, a coup for the European manufacturer as it tussles with Boeing Co. for dominance in Asia’s largest economy.
China Eastern Airlines Corp. will buy 100 A320neo narrow-body jets, while Air China Ltd. will take 64 units, with its Shenzhen Airlines subsidiary acquiring 32 more, according to separate company filings Friday. China Southern Airlines Co. said earlier it would buy 96 A320neos, as well as lease additional planes.