Fifteen of the aircraft will be Airbus A320s China Southern Airlines said it has agreed to buy 21 planes from European plane-maker Airbus in a deal worth about $1.2bn (£654m). China Southern will take 15 A320-200s and six A319-100s under an agreement signed by its president Yan Zhiqing and Laurence Barron, head of Airbus China. The planes will be delivered in 2005 and 2006.
| Guess the French-Chinese love fest is paying off. |
Meanwhile, Boeing goes unnoticed while the US$ +120 BILLION Chinese trade imbalance remains of little consequence. Garsh, let’s stop buying stuff from them!
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