Xiamen First To Receive China Order For Boeing MAX

China has begun ordering updated narrowbodies, with an unannounced contract for 30 Boeing 737 MAXs from Xiamen Airlines. Although the agreement is not yet definitive, it confirms that Chinese carriers, with the presumed blessing of the government, will not wait for the finalization of the next five-year plan in late 2014 before ordering re-engined narrowbodies ...