China Eastern Orders $10 Billion of New Planes From Airbus, Boeing
April 28 2016 - 9:52AM
Dow Jones News
By Robert Wall
LONDON--China Eastern Airlines Corp. (0670.HK) Thursday said it
would renew its widebody plane fleet and buy Boeing Co. (BA) and
Airbus Group SE (AIR.FR) jetliners for a combined value of about
$10 billion at list price.
China Eastern Airlines said it would buy 15 Boeing 787-9
Dreamliners and 20 Airbus A350-900 planes. They would replace six
Boeing 767 widebodies and 12 Airbus A330 long-range jets, the
airline said in a stock market filing.
The carrier said it would introduce the Boeing planes between
2018 and 2021. "The addition of these next-generation,
fuel-efficient airplanes will play a key role in supporting China
Eastern's strategy for international expansion, and enable us to
realize profits in point-to-point routes across the Pacific Ocean,
and between China and Europe," China Eastern Airlines Chairman Liu
Shaoyong said in a Boeing statement.
The Airbus deliveries would also start in 2018 and are scheduled
to stretch to 2022.
Delivery plans for both plane types could be adapted depending
on market conditions, the airline said.
Write Robert Wall at robert.wallwsj.com
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April 28, 2016 09:37 ET (13:37 GMT)
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