Airbus could sell 100 aircraft to a Hong Kong company – The Point

Airbus could sell 100 aircraft to a Hong Kong company – The Point

A contract in the order of 9 to 11 billion dollars at list prices. This is what Airbus negotiate with the owner of Hong Kong were China Aircraft Leasing Group (Calc), according to information from the Le Figaro on Saturday. Let a hundred A320 that could be sold by the aircraft manufacturer, writes Le Figaro without citing sources.

“A possible MoU is being prepared,” confirmed to AFP a source close to the case. As for the aircraft manufacturer, he did not want his side comment.

Third order for Airbus China

According to Le Figaro , the Asian owner,

who plans to develop Europe and the United States, has offices in Ireland and Toulouse, where the headquarters of Airbus. The Hong Kong group is already Airbus customer with an order placed in 2012 on 36 medium-haul A320 family, the catalog price of $ 3.1 billion. Calc, which then had 16 aircraft, had indicated a desire to expand its fleet to 100 aircraft by 2015.

For Airbus, this new order would be in addition to the two contracts this year with China the visits of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Paris and Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin.

These commands China covering a total of 140 aircraft (A320, A321 and A330) for a price Catalogue of $ 16.6 billion (about 13.2 billion euros)

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