BEIJING (Reuters) – Boeing and Okay Airways, China’s first privately owned airline, have finalised an order for five 787-9 Dreamliners for $1.4 billion, Boeing said on Thursday.

The new order will strengthen Okay Airway’s plan to expand into the long-haul market, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Okay Airway’s president Li Zongling as saying.

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