Boeing Wins Biggest Ever Order From Chinese Airline
Boeing Co. (BA) won its biggest order from a Chinese carrier as China Eastern Airlines Corp. (670) agreed to buy 80 737 jets valued at $7.4 billion.
China Eastern, the nation’s third-largest airline, will buy a mix of 737-800 and upgraded Max models, to be delivered starting in 2016, the company said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange today. The carrier is also selling 15 older 737-300s and five 757s back to the planemaker, according to the statement.
The order is a leg up for the world’s largest aircraft maker in its competition with Toulouse, France-based Airbus Group NV (AIR) in the market for single-aisle jets, the workhorse of the global airline fleet. More than 50 percent of the commercial jetliners operating in China are Boeing planes, according to the company’s website.
Chinese carriers are bringing in more orders for Chicago-based Boeing and Airbus as growth in the world’s second-largest economy enables more people to fly. That expansion has China on pace to become the world’s biggest aircraft market, making purchasing planes inevitable. At least 13 Chinese airlines, double the existing number, will have a fleet of 100 aircraft each by the end of the decade, market researcher CAPA Centre for Aviation said last month.
China Eastern, based in Shanghai, will fund the purchase with business operations, bank loans and other finances, according to the statement.
Chinese Assembly
Boeing said in February it doesn’t rule out the possibility of building a final assembly line for single-aisle planes in China in the future. Boeing, for four consecutive years, has increased its estimate for demand from China and expects the country to need 5,580 new planes costing $780 billion through 2032.
The shares were little changed at $132.22 at 9:37 a.m. in New York. They have fallen 2.9 percent this year, compared with a 4.5 percent increase in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Airbus, which has an assembly line in Tianjin, China, has forecast that China will supplant the U.S. as the world’s largest market for aircraft by 2032.
In January, Boeing said it delivered a record 143 jets to China last year and expects to hand over a similar number of aircraft in 2014. In February, China said it will further lower the criteria for setting up a budget airline in the country and will study tax breaks for low-cost carriers to make flying more accessible.
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Boeing Statement on China Eastern Airlines’ Commitment for 80 737s
SEATTLE, June 13, 2014 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] is pleased that China Eastern Airlines has committed to purchase 80 737s, including Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX airplanes. When finalized, the order will become China’s largest-ever purchase by an airline for single-aisle airplanes, worth more than $8 billion at current list prices.
“We look forward to making history with China Eastern as they are poised to make the largest purchase for single-aisle airplanes by a Chinese airline,” said Ihssane Mounir, vice president of Sales and Marketing for Northeast Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We share an enduring partnership with China Eastern and we are excited to see that the 737 family of airplanes will play an important role in their continued success.”
The order will be posted on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website once all contingencies are cleared.
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=129098
Boeing Co. (BA) won its biggest order from a Chinese carrier as China Eastern Airlines Corp. (670) agreed to buy 80 737 jets valued at $7.4 billion.
China Eastern, the nation’s third-largest airline, will buy a mix of 737-800 and upgraded Max models, to be delivered starting in 2016, the company said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange today. The carrier is also selling 15 older 737-300s and five 757s back to the planemaker, according to the statement.
The order is a leg up for the world’s largest aircraft maker in its competition with Toulouse, France-based Airbus Group NV (AIR) in the market for single-aisle jets, the workhorse of the global airline fleet. More than 50 percent of the commercial jetliners operating in China are Boeing planes, according to the company’s website.
Chinese carriers are bringing in more orders for Chicago-based Boeing and Airbus as growth in the world’s second-largest economy enables more people to fly. That expansion has China on pace to become the world’s biggest aircraft market, making purchasing planes inevitable. At least 13 Chinese airlines, double the existing number, will have a fleet of 100 aircraft each by the end of the decade, market researcher CAPA Centre for Aviation said last month.
China Eastern, based in Shanghai, will fund the purchase with business operations, bank loans and other finances, according to the statement.
Chinese Assembly
Boeing said in February it doesn’t rule out the possibility of building a final assembly line for single-aisle planes in China in the future. Boeing, for four consecutive years, has increased its estimate for demand from China and expects the country to need 5,580 new planes costing $780 billion through 2032.
The shares were little changed at $132.22 at 9:37 a.m. in New York. They have fallen 2.9 percent this year, compared with a 4.5 percent increase in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Airbus, which has an assembly line in Tianjin, China, has forecast that China will supplant the U.S. as the world’s largest market for aircraft by 2032.
In January, Boeing said it delivered a record 143 jets to China last year and expects to hand over a similar number of aircraft in 2014. In February, China said it will further lower the criteria for setting up a budget airline in the country and will study tax breaks for low-cost carriers to make flying more accessible.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...4-billion-of-boeing-jets-as-travel-booms.html
Boeing Statement on China Eastern Airlines’ Commitment for 80 737s
SEATTLE, June 13, 2014 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] is pleased that China Eastern Airlines has committed to purchase 80 737s, including Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX airplanes. When finalized, the order will become China’s largest-ever purchase by an airline for single-aisle airplanes, worth more than $8 billion at current list prices.
“We look forward to making history with China Eastern as they are poised to make the largest purchase for single-aisle airplanes by a Chinese airline,” said Ihssane Mounir, vice president of Sales and Marketing for Northeast Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We share an enduring partnership with China Eastern and we are excited to see that the 737 family of airplanes will play an important role in their continued success.”
The order will be posted on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website once all contingencies are cleared.
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=129098