The orders, if finalised, would mark Boeing's first major Chinese deal in nearly a decade, after the US planemaker was largely shut out of the world's second-largest aviation market amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.

He said the planes would have General Electric engines. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He said the planes would have General Electric engines. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.