Brunei's Gallop Air places US$2bil order for China-made C919, ARJ21 jets


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN/SHANGHAI (Reuters): GallopAir, a new Brunei-based airline, plans to buy 30 aircraft from Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which will include the first overseas purchases of the state-backed firm's narrow-body C919 jet.

GallopAir said in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 20) it had signed a letter of intent to purchase the aircraft, worth $2 billion in total, at a regional trade event in China last week.

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