China Southern Airlines Spends $10 Billion to Buy 110 Boeing Planes


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China Southern Airlines is buying 30 Boeing 737 Next Generation jets and 50 737 Max aircraft to keep up with rising demand from China's rapidly expanding middle class.

China's biggest airline said Thursday it's buying more than a hundred Boeing 737 jets in a deal worth about $10 billion that comes just months after the U.S. plane maker announced plans to build a Chinese finishing plant for the aircraft type. China Southern Airlines is buying 30 Boeing 737 Next Generation jets and 50 737 Max aircraft, the company said in a statement to