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Boeing’s Triple China Deliveries Sign of Easing Trade Tensions
A Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 airplane, originally intended for Xiamen Airlines, at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington.
Photographer: David Ryder/BloombergChinese airlines took delivery of three Boeing Co. aircraft on Sunday, a rare same-day triple handover that points to easing trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
Three 737-8 Max aircraft for customers Xiamen Airlines Co., Shanghai Airlines Co., and Shandong Airlines Co. took off within the space of an hour starting at 8:45 a.m. Seattle time Sunday, flight tracker Flightradar24 showed. The planes, carrying Chinese registrations, were headed to Honolulu for a customary first stopover before flying on to China.