Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. confirmed its order of 60 Gulfstream aircraft at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Shanghai, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced on April 15.
According to Savannah-based Gulfstream, the order includes a combination of firm orders and options, one of the biggest in its history. The original order was signed in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The sale includes the super mid-size Gulfstream G280; the large-cabin, long-range G280; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range G550 and the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650.
Founded in 2008, Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. was one of the first fie Chinese financial leasing companies with a banking background to be approved by the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
It was co-founded by China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Investment Co., Ltd.