Airbus wins order for 100 helicopters in China
Airbus Helicopters has won a firm order for 100 H135 helicopters from a Chinese consortium, an Airbus official told Reuters on Monday.
The official said that firm contract, which coincides with a visit to China by German chancellor Angela Merkel, follows a provisional deal outlined last year.
He gave no financial details. Financial daily Les Echos reported the contract was worth about 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion), of which 700 million was for the helicopters, the rest for the factory.
The helicopters will be be assembled at a new plant — to be opened in Qingdao in Shandong province in China — over the next 10 years.
