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Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Airbus, the world's biggest plane maker, expects to win 23 firm orders for planes from Air China, signing a contract during a visit to China next week by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, said a German official who declined to be identified.
Air China will most likely sign contracts to buy 19 A319s and four A330s, said the official. The planes are worth about 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion), the official said.
Germany is giving French President Jacques Chirac credit for helping to sell the Airbus planes, the official said. The planemaker won orders from China Eastern Airlines and Air China to buy 26 planes in all with a catalogue value of $2.2 billion when Airbus President Noel Forgeard and other French executives accompanied Chirac to China in October.
Airbus representatives traveling with Schroeder will also discuss the outlook for China to buy the A380 plane, the official said. The A380, set to enter service from 2006, will be the world's largest passenger aircraft, surpassing Boeing Co.'s 747. The aircraft maker so far has firm orders for 129 of the planes.
Air China will most likely sign contracts to buy 19 A319s and four A330s, said the official. The planes are worth about 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion), the official said.
Germany is giving French President Jacques Chirac credit for helping to sell the Airbus planes, the official said. The planemaker won orders from China Eastern Airlines and Air China to buy 26 planes in all with a catalogue value of $2.2 billion when Airbus President Noel Forgeard and other French executives accompanied Chirac to China in October.
Airbus representatives traveling with Schroeder will also discuss the outlook for China to buy the A380 plane, the official said. The A380, set to enter service from 2006, will be the world's largest passenger aircraft, surpassing Boeing Co.'s 747. The aircraft maker so far has firm orders for 129 of the planes.
