CDB Aviation places order for 50 737-8s

China Development Bank’s financial leasing arm (CDBALF) via its aircraft leasing company CDB Aviation has entered into an aircraft purchase agreement with Boeing for the purchase 50 737-8 aircraft. In a stock filing, the company said that the order was in line with its strategies and that it would “optimize the fleet structure and increase the proportion of next-generation aircraft with advanced technologies, high fuel efficiency and wide market penetration”. This purchase agreement comes only a week after CDB Aviation entered into an aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 80 A320neo family aircraft. The delivery of the aircraft