By David Pearson
PARIS--European aircraft company Airbus said Friday it has
booked firm orders valued at $9.67 billion on the basis of list
prices for 100 of its medium-haul, single aisle A320 aircraft from
two Chinese airlines: Air China (0753.HK) and its subsidiary
Shenzhen Airlines.
A spokesman for the Toulouse, France-based company said Air
China is taking 60 of the planes and Shenzhen the remaining 40. The
two airlines are buying 40 of the current engine version of the
A320, a workhorse of low-cost airlines around the world, as well as
60 of a future, more fuel-efficient version called the A320neo.
Air China is taking 27 current A320 aircraft, and 33 A320neos,
while Shenzhen has signed for 13 A320s with the current engine
option and 27 A320neos.
Deliveries will start in 2014, an Airbus official said.
Airbus is a division of European Aeronatic Defence & Space
Co. (EAD.FR).
Write to David Pearson at david.pearson@dowjones.com
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