New airliner orders increase total to 430

Thirty new orders have been received for the C919, the first large passenger aircraft to be made in China, taking the number placed for the airplane to 430.

The 30 orders from CMB Finance Leasing, a subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, were announced by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China on Tuesday at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

Vice-President Li Yuanchao watched the two sides sign the purchase contract at a ceremony. The 430 orders for the aircraft have come from 17 clients.