China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed with Airbus a General Terms Agreement (GTA) for 45 A330 Family aircraft and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for options for 30 A330s.

The GTA and MoU were signed in Paris on 30 June by Fabrice Brégier, Airbus president and CEO and Li Hai, president and CEO of CAS in the presence of visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

“The package order is a new vote of confidence in our A330 Family aircraft, which is already the most popular wide-body aircraft in China,” said Fabrice Brégier. “China is today the most important market for aviation in the world, we can be confident that air transport in China will continue to undergo rapid growth.”

China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) is a Chinese government corporation involved in the import and export of civil aviation products and is responsible for ordering and distributing all aircraft for China’s airlines.