Lessor Avolon orders 250 Boeing, Airbus jets with option for 100 more
Lessor Avolon orders 250 Boeing, Airbus jets with option for 100 more DUBLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Global leasing giant Avolon said on Friday it had agreed to order 140 aircraft from Boeing BA.N and 110 from Airbus AIR.PA, with an option to buy a further 100 jets from the European planemaker.
Dublin-based Avolon, a subsidiary of China's Bohai Leasing Co Ltd 000415.SZ, said the order comprised of 140 Boeing 737 MAX jets, 75 Airbus A320neo planes and 35 A330neos, with options for a further 100 unspecified Airbus aircraft.
The orders bring the total number of aircraft the world's third-largest aircraft lessor has on order to 749 aircraft, on top of the 561 it currently owns.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; editing by William James)
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