Aircraft
Airbus Wins Order for 40 A320neos from Xiamen Airlines
A new 40-aircraft order for A320neos adds to a previous contract for 96 from Xiamen parent China Southern Airlines.
A China Southern Airlines Airbus A319 takes off from Hamburg on a delivery flight on February 18, 2022. At the time the airline and its subsidiaries operated more than 300 A320-family narrowbodies. (Photo: Airbus)
A China Southern Airlines Airbus A319 takes off from Hamburg on a delivery flight on February 18, 2022. At the time the airline and its subsidiaries operated more than 300 A320-family narrowbodies. (Photo: Airbus)

China’s Xiamen Airlines has placed a firm order for 40 Airbus A320neo-family jets, the carrier’s parent company, China Southern Airlines, reported in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Thursday. The filing valued the transaction at $4.848 billion and noted that the airline won price concessions comparable to those it had negotiated in past deals.


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