Taiwanese carrier China Airlines is to order 24 widebody aircraft, splitting the agreement between the Airbus A350-1000, Boeing 777-9, and the 777-8 freighter.
The airline will order 10 of each passenger model plus four of the cargo aircraft, it states.
China Airlines values the agreement at around $11.8 billion, citing respective prices of up to $530 million and $448 million for the 777-9s and A350s, and $519 million for the 777-8Fs.
It has given few other details about the agreement, beyond stating that it is “to replace ageing fleet and to improve operating efficiency”.
But the carrier has also disclosed an agreement for seven spare engines.
These comprise four GE Aerospace GE9X powerplants for the 777s plus three Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97s for the A350s.
China Airlines values the engine transaction at $390 million.
