Airbus strikes deal with China amid Boeing crisis
As the US-based Boeing struggles with an ongoing crisis involving its best-selling jetliner 737 MAX, the company’s European rival Airbus announced that it has reached a deal to sell 300 passenger jets to Chinese airlines.
The agreement was signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, CNN quoted Airbus as saying in a statement on Monday.
The order covers 290 planes from the A320 family and 10 from the A350 line, the statement said, adding the deal was a sign of strong demand from all areas of China’s rapidly expanding aviation market, including “domestic, low cost, regional and international long haul”.
