Air China (CA, Beijing Capital) will order sixty new A320neo family aircraft directly from Airbus. The Chinese state-owned carrier said in a December 30 Shanghai Stock Exchange disclosure that the aircraft will be delivered between 2028 and 2032.

The list price of the aircraft is USD9.5 billion, but Air China said it secured a substantial discount. It will finance the acquisition from its own funds, loans, or other financing methods. The aircraft will be imported through the carrier's in-house foreign trading entity, Air China Import & Export.

Air China's current narrowbody fleet comprises twenty-four A319-100s, six A319-100Ns, thirty-eight A320-200s, fifty-three A320-200Ns, sixty-one A321-200s, ten A321-200Ns, thirty-one A321-200NX, seventeen B737-700s, eighty-seven B737-800s, and thirty-one B737-8s. It has confirmed orders for four more A319-100Ns and thirty-nine A321-200NX, although Chinese airlines often remain undisclosed as customers until delivery.

The order follows a frenzy of other Chinese commitments for A320neo family aircraft in the final days of 2025, including Juneyao Air's order for 25 units, Spring Airlines' order for 30, and lessor CALC's deal for 30.