---- Blick auf die Welten der erste Airbus alle Business Class A330-200 von Hong Kong Airline an der Beijing Capital International Flughafen in Peking, Kinn
--File--View of the worlds first Airbus all-business class A330-200 of Hong Kong Airline at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, 15 February 2012. China has suspended the purchase of 10 more Airbus jets, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday (15 March 2012), raising the stakes in a potentially damaging trade row over European Union airline emissions charges. The move to delay the purchase of extra A330 planes brings to $14 billion the value of European aircraft caught up in tensions over the EUs Emissions Trading Scheme, which has angered countries including China, India and the United States. It comes amid urgent efforts to find a solution to the row, which airlines fear could provoke an aviation trade war capable of causing travel disruption and hitting air traffic rights. Earlier this week, European planemaker Airbus said China had blocked the purchase of 35 long-haul A330s and 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos worth a total of $12 billion. Airbus did not name the airlines involved, but industry sources said the A380s were earmarked for Hong Kong Airlines, 46-percent owned by HNA Group, the parent of Hainan Airlines.
