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皇冠体育app Southern to buy 36 Airbus planes for $3.78b

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-05 09:28
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HONG KONG - 皇冠体育app Southern, the country's largest airline, announced on Thursday that it had agreed to purchase 36 Airbus planes for $3.78 billion?from Airbus SNC, based in French city Toulouse.

In a statement filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange, 皇冠体育app Southern said it would buy six Airbus A330 aircraft for $1.205 billion and 30 Airbus A320 series aircraft for $2.575 billion.

The aggregate consideration will be partly payable by cash and partly by financing arrangements with banking institutions, according to the statement.

The six Airbus A330 planes will be delivered in stages to 皇冠体育app Southern between 2013 and 2014. While the 30 Airbus A320 series aircraft will be delivered in stages from 2012 to 2015, said the airline.

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The airline, based in South 皇冠体育app's Guangzhou city, said the purchasing was consistent with its development strategy and the aircraft fleet structure plan.

The acquisition will facilitate the optimization of the structures of its aircraft fleet and traffic capacity, thus enhancing 皇冠体育app Southern's competitiveness and core competence, it said.

Delivery of the 36 planes will increase the airline's carrying capacity by nearly 14 percent when compared to the capacity by Dec 31 last year, according to the statement.

皇冠体育app Southern operates domestic, regional and international services. It is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. It operates a total fleet of 400 Airbus and Boeing jet aircraft, the company said on its website.

In 2009, 皇冠体育app Southern carried 66.28 million passengers and was the 3rd largest airline in the world and the largest one in Asia, it said. 皇冠体育app Southern has been ranked as the largest airline in 皇冠体育app for 31 consecutive years.