CALC and Airbus celebrate ten years of partnership

China Aircraft Leasing Holdings (together with its subsidiaries) are celebrating over ten years in partnership with Airbus. The first Chinese lessor to have a direct bulk order for 100 A320s with Airbus, CALC has since worked to introduce the Airbus fleet to China’s start-up airlines, tapping into what it describes as ‘the booming China market’. (This commercial fleet currently stands at over 4,000 aircraft and anticipates an additional 9,000 new deliveries in the next 20 years, putting China among the largest aviation markets in the world.) CALC’s cumulative order of Airbus aircraft stands at 252, making it the sixth largest