China Southern Airlines orders 100 C919 aircraft for $9.9bn, last of China’s big 3 to order C919s

China Southern Airlines has ordered 100 C919 aircraft from the Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), with the agreement signed on April 29, 2024. It follows only three days after Air China also ordered 100 of the same aircraft for $10.8bn and China’s other big three airline, China Eastern Airlines, had received its second C919 delivery in July last year and its first going into operation in May 2023. This latest order marks COMAC securing C919 orders from China’s core airline trinity. The catalogue price for the order is approximately $9.9bn, with one C919 series