Daily Memo: China Is Back Ordering (Airbus) Aircraft

A320neo
China Eastern has ordered 100 A320neos while Air China and China Southern are buying 96 each.
Credit: Airbus/Philippe Masclet/Master Films
The way the order was announced, and the timing, were highly unusual. The Chinese airlines made their decisions public through regulatory filings. Airbus put out a short statement that lacked any details or the usual fanfare that accompanies deals of this magnitude. There would have been plenty of...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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