OREANDA-NEWS  The Chinese airline Air China has announced the signing of an agreement to purchase 60 A320neo aircraft with a total catalog value of about $9.5 billion from the European aerospace concern Airbus.

It is expected that the delivery of the airliners will be carried out from 2028 to 2032, according to a press release from Air China.

Earlier on Tuesday, China Aircraft Leasing announced that its CALC division (British Virgin Islands) had agreed to purchase 30 A320neo aircraft from Airbus. A day earlier, Chinese airlines Spring Airlines and Juneyao Airlines announced plans to purchase 30 and 25 A320 aircraft, respectively.