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"Importantly, we expect this rate, more than 140 aircraft deliveries a year, to continue this year and in the future."

Marc Allen, president of Boeing China. The Boeing Co hit a new record by delivering 143 aircraft to the Chinese mainland last year, a 60 percent year-on-year increase. Allen said China's fast development of air traffic and airlines are the main reasons for Boeing's delivery growth.

(China Daily European Weekly 01/31/2014 page19)