COMAC gets 20-jet order

China's commercial aircraft company said on Thursday that it had received an order for 20 of its C919 passenger jets, a narrow-body jet, bringing the total order to 450 planes.

Shanghai-based Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) said in a statement that it signed an agreement for the latest order with Huaxia Financial Leasing Co.

So far, 18 companies have signed orders with COMAC. In November 2014, CMB Financial Leasing, a unit of China Merchants Bank, signed an order for 30 of its C919 passenger jets.