(04 July 2022, 10:57 +07)
Four leading airlines in China -
Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Shenzhen Airlines -
have signed agreements with Airbus for a total of 292 A320 Family aircraft.
By the end of May 2022, the in-service Airbus fleet with
Chinese operators totalled over 2,070 aircraft.
China Eastern A320. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
“These new orders demonstrate the
strong confidence in Airbus from our customers. It is also a solid
endorsement from our airline customers in China of the
performance, quality, fuel efficiency and sustainability of the
world's leading family of single aisle aircraft,” said Christian
Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer and Head of
International. “We commend the excellent work by George Xu and the
entire Airbus China team as well as our customers’ teams for
having brought to conclusion these long and extensive discussions
that have taken place throughout the difficult COVID pandemic.”
The A320neo
Family incorporates new generation engines and Sharklets, which
together deliver at least 20 percent fuel and CO2 savings, as well
as a 50% noise reduction. The A320neo Family also features 18-inch wide seats in
economy class as standard.
At the end of May 2022 the A320neo
Family had totalled more than 8,000 orders from over 130
customers.
Since its Entry into Service six years ago, Airbus has
delivered over 2,200 A320neo Family aircraft contributing to 15
million tons of CO2 saving.
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