Air China to buy 20 Airbus planes for $4.49 billion

2010-11-18 22:07:20 GMT+7 (ICT)

HONG KONG (BNO NEWS) -- Beijing-based Air China on Thursday announced that it will buy 20 Airbus planes for $4.49 billion, state media reported.

State-run Xinhua news agency said Air China filed an statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, saying that the carrier and its import agent AIE will purchase 10 Airbus A330 and 10 Airbus A350.

The company is expecting to take delivery of the A330s between 2013 and 2015, and the A350s between 2018 and 2020.

Boeing recently estimated that China is expected to become the world's number two plane market as it will require 4,330 new commercial airplanes valued at $480 billion over the 20 years.

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So Boing Boing missed out? I am not a fan of Airbus but I wish all the manufacturers would add just 10-20 cm more between the damned seats. Not everyone is the size of Asians!

So Boing Boing missed out? I am not a fan of Airbus but I wish all the manufacturers would add just 10-20 cm more between the damned seats. Not everyone is the size of Asians!

customers dictate cabin design/layout not the builders sooo dats de reason.

..some northern Chinese are big chaps but maybe they have short legs?...lol

I don't care who is building them, if Air China is flying them I don't want any part of it.