In June China Express announced that they signed a Letter of Intent for 100 C919s and ARJ21s, but didn’t specify the breakdown of the order. In a stock market-filing the airline now announced it signed a firm order for 50 ARJ21s and 50 ARJ21 or C919s (the latter dependent on the airline’s need).

Deliveries of the new aircraft is expected to start this year, with the delivery of two ARJ21s. China Express plans to take on the whole order in a ten year timeframe.

Currently, the airline operates a fleet of two A320neos, eleven A320-200s and 38 CRJ-900s.

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