CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED PARIS (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines (>> China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd.) has ordered 20 A350-900 planes from Airbus (>> Airbus Group) worth $6.1 billion at list prices, taking total firm orders for the widebody jetliner to 803, the European planemaker said in a statement on Friday.
Airbus said it now has 43 customers for the A350, which is its newest long-haul model and competes with U.S. rival Boeing's (>> Boeing Co) 787 Dreamliner. Twenty A350s have been delivered so far to five customers.
Philippine Airlines [PHL.UL] earlier on Friday firmed up an order announced at this year's Singapore Airshow for six A350-900s worth $1.8 billion at list prices. It also has six options on further A350s.
(Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Leigh Thomas)
