New Chinese airline East Star to introduce 20 Airbus A320s

East Star Airlines, a new Chinese airline based in Wuhan, signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus for the purchase of 10 A320s plus a firm lease deal with GE Commercial Aviation Service (GECAS) for another 10 A320s, becoming a new Airbus customer in China. Deliveries of the leased A320s to East Star will start from the second quarter of 2006. The aircraft will accommodate 128 passengers in a comfortable two-class configuration.