Thursday, June 21, 2007

UPDATE 1-AIRSHOW-Hong Kong Airlines to buy 51 Airbus planes

(Reuters) - Hong Kong Airlines -- in which global financier George Soros
owns an indirect stake -- signed a memorandum of understanding to
buy 30 A320-family narrowbody planes, 20 A330 widebody aircraft
and a corporate jet, Airbus told reporters at the Paris air show
on Thursday.




The new aircraft will help position Hong Kong Airlines among
the leading carriers in the Asia Pacific, Chairman Ren Wei Dong
said in a statement.


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