Air China orders four 777-300 ER airliners: Boeing

WASHINGTON: Air China has ordered four Boeing 777-300ER long haul airliners for 1.1 billion dollars, the US aeronautics giant said in a statement on Tuesday.

Boeing said the flagship airline of the Peoples Republic of China plans to use the airliners to expand its international routes.

Marlin Dailey, vice president for sales and marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, called it "a great day in the history of our long and enduring partnership with Air China."

"Today's order of 777s also underscores Air China's confidence in the world's most successful twin-engine, long-haul airplane," he said in the statement.