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BUSINESSLOWJul 12 · Jul 12, 2026, 1:30 AM

EU isn’t just selling aircraft to China. It’s helping strengthen a competitor

South China Morning Post

Last month, China Eastern ordered 25 A330neo jets from Airbus, which come at a catalogue price of US$9.35 billion. The airline, which operates the inaugural commercial routes of the C919, China’s home-grown passenger jet, had placed another Airbus order just three months earlier. Why is this major Chinese airline transferring billions to a European company China’s government is trying to supplant? As a widebody jet, the A330neo competes in a segment where the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of...

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