ALC, China Southern Airlines deal for 5 Dreamliners
Air Lease Corporation (ALC), an aircraft leasing company based in Los Angeles (USA) announced long term lease agreements with China Southern Airlines for five new Boeing 787-9 aircraft outfitted with GE’s GEnx engines, all from ALC’s order book with Boeing. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2019, with three deliveries in 2019 and two deliveries in 2020.
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Jie Chen, Air Lease Corporation’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia, said: “We are pleased to further grow our relationship with one of the premier airlines in China and a long term strategic customer for ALC.”
ALC currently has Airbus A320s, A321s, and Boeing 737-800s on lease to China Southern Airlines.
According to ALC, China Southern Airlines is based in Guangzhou, and operates the largest fleet, route network and largest passenger capacity of any airline in The People's Republic of China.
Currently, the airlines operates 700 passenger and cargo transport aircrafts, including Boeing 787，777,747, 757& 737 and Airbus A380, A330, A321,A320, A319.
