--FILE - eine Boeing 737-800 Düsenflugzeug von China Eastern Airlines abgebildet ist am Internationalen Flughafen Wuhan Tianhe in Wuhan City, Central China Hube
--FILE--A Boeing 737-800 jet plane of China Eastern Airlines is pictured at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan city, central China's Hubei province, 10 October 2014. Boeing Co. won an order from China Eastern Airlines Corp. valued at $4.6 billion in list prices for single-aisle jets as Chinese carriers purchase new planes amid surging travel demand. China Eastern ordered 50 single-aisle 737 aircraft, the Shanghai-based carrier said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange Thursday. Each plane has a price of about $91 million, the company said in the statement, though airlines usually get discounts from list prices. The planes would be delivered between 2017 and 2019. Last year, China Eastern placed an order for 80 737 jets valued at $7.4 billion. Chinese carriers are bringing in more orders for Boeing and its European rival Airbus Group SE as growth in the world's second-largest economy enables more people to fly. China is poised to become the world's biggest travel market in under two decades.
