Overview
- Three Chinese airlines filed at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 17, 2026 to buy a combined 95 Airbus aircraft with a list price of about $17.8 billion.
- Air China ordered 15 A350-900 widebodies that are scheduled for delivery between 2030 and 2032.
- Shenzhen Airlines and Hainan Airlines each agreed to buy 40 A320neo-family narrow-body jets with deliveries set across 2028–2032 depending on the carrier.
- Air China said it will pay from its own funds and bank loans, will not raise new capital for the deal, and expects significant discounts off list prices from Airbus.
- The orders are meant to replace older planes and modestly expand capacity — boosting Air China group capacity by about 7.1% and Shenzhen Airlines by about 4.3% — and they extend a broader post-pandemic fleet renewal trend in China.