On June 19, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the world's most advanced passenger plane, landed at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport.

The aircraft was the first Boeing 787 with an operating lease in the Xiamen Pilot Free Trade Zone, and the first of this new mode of aircraft lease in the Xiamen Xiangyu Bonded Area.

Three parties including China Construction Bank, CCB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd, and Xiamen Airlines signed a strategic cooperation agreement to build an aircraft lease industry and regional financial leasing center in Xiamen.

The CCB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Construction Bank. The subsidiary planned to introduce eight aircrafts for Xiamen Airlines through financial leasing this year, with a total value of about $600 million.

The newly introduced aircraft will be used to fly the Xiamen-Amsterdam intercontinental route, which will be launched on July 26 and will be the first intercontinental air route of Xiamen Airlines.

Upon the aircraft's arrival, the number of Boeing aircraft owned by Xiamen Airlines reached 118, including 5 Boeing 787s.

Xiamen Airlines revealed that it is expected to reach 150 aircrafts over the next five years. One hundred of them will be introduced with bonded financial leasing.

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