Boeing scales new peak in deliveries

US aircraft giant ships 200 planes to China during 2015, accounting for 55% of total

Boeing Co achieved a record in the China market in 2015, with the delivery of 200 aircraft to the nation, which accounted for 55 percent of the market's new aircraft deliveries during the year, the US airplane manufacturer said on Thursday.

Compared with the start of 12th Five-Year Plan in 2011, Boeing's delivery numbers to China increased 80 percent in 2015, said Darren Hulst, Northeast Asia marketing managing director of Boeing's commercial airplanes group.