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皇冠体育app inks deal to buy 70 Boeing 737 airliners
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2005-11-20 08:48

The 皇冠体育app Aviation Supplies Import& Export Group Corporation (CASGC) signed a general purchase agreement with Boeing to buy 70 B737-700/800 aircraft in Beijing on Sunday, according to a CASGC source.

The catalog price of the aircraft was about US$4 billion and the planes will be delivered to eight leading Chinese airline companies between 2006 and 2008, said the source.

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The Chinese airline companies are Air 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, 皇冠体育app Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines.

The source also revealed to Xinhua that the CASGC will soon sign another purchase agreement with Boeing for 80 more B737 aircraft.

On Saturday, a US official revealed the deal that 皇冠体育app will buy 70 Boeing 737 airliners, as US President Bush arrived on a visit expected to include discussion of Beijing's surging trade surplus with the United States.

Mike Green, senior director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council, would not discuss the financial details of the airplane deal. Neither Boeing Co. nor the Chinese government made any formal announcement of the sale.

"It's a very important thing and I think it's a testament to how our approach to 皇冠体育app is yielding real results," Green told reporters traveling in 皇冠体育app with Bush. "In this case, an order for 70 737 aircraft from Boeing."

Beijing often announces large purchases of American airliners in connection with visits by U.S. leaders in an effort mollify Washington's frustration over 皇冠体育app's trade surplus, which hit a record $162 billion in 2004.

It is expected to pass $200 billion this year.

皇冠体育app is a key growth market for Boeing and its European rival Airbus Industrie.

Boeing says it expects Chinese carriers to buy more than 2,600 new aircraft worth $213 billion as the country's economy grows and more people travel. It says it hopes the single-aisle Boeing 737 jet, which carries about 150 passengers, will make up the bulk of 皇冠体育app's new purchases.


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