People Daily Online, December 31, 2010
China
Eastern Airlines, one of the country's three flagship flights, said on Thursday
it will purchase as many as 50 Airbus A320 planes at a cost of $3.2 billion to
meet the rising demand of Chinese travelers.
A320-232 "China Eastern" (By Daryl Chapman) |
The
airliners said in a statement that the aircrafts would be delivered from 2012 to
2015 and are expected to expand Eastern Airlines' fleet capacity by 11.3
percent. "Significant price concessions" are given by the
France-based Airbus consortium, the statement said.
The
burgeoning aviation market of an increasing affluent China is expected to offer
more opportunities for global airplane manufacturers including Airbus and
Boeing companies.
Just last
week, Shandong Airlines said it would buy 15 Boeing 737-800s at a cost of $1.2
billion. In November, Air China, the country's biggest airlines, said it was to
buy 20 passenger planes from Airbus in a deal worth $4.4 billion, including
A330s and A350s. Also in November, China Southern Airlines said it agreed to
buy 36 planes from Airbus at a price tag of $3.7 billion.
Chinese
airlines will need 4,330 new jets valued at $480 billion over the next two
decades, compared with global demand of 30,900 units during the period, said
Boeing in an earlier estimate.
But the
head of China's civil aviation administration offered a more bullish forecast
last month, saying the country would have up to 5,000 aircraft to transport
passengers and cargo by 2015.
By People's Daily Online
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