China ‘to buy 50 Boeing 787 jets’

China plans to sign a deal next month to buy 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jetliners in a deal worth $6 billion (€4.5 billion), the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

China has announced a series of major purchases in recent years from Boeing and its European rival, Airbus, to serve its booming airline industry.

Aircraft makers look on China as their most promising market.