China Southern Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, and Sichuan Airlines are looking to divide up a 500-plane order from Airbus from a still-unannounced deal that has been widely reported since June, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The newswire and Chinese local media have also reported that Boeing is close to securing a similar deal to sell as many as 500 aircraft to China.

The three dominant state-owned carriers plan to take about 100 aircraft each…

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