Los Angeles, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), announced today that it had entered into a leasing agreement with China Airlines for three new Boeing 737-800s.

These aircraft are scheduled for delivery to China Airlines in the second quarter of 2013.

Huang-Hsiang Sun,China Airlines' president, “China Airlines looks forward to receiving these new airplanes from ILFC as they will provide us the ability to continue our high-level of service for our customers," said

Dave Nixon, ILFC’s head of Asia-Pacific added, “ILFC is pleased to expand our business relationship with China Airlines via the addition of these new 737-800 aircraft, and we look forward to continuing to support the airline’s growth and success in the future.”

ILFC has recently opened up new offices in Singapore and Beijing in order to support the Asia-Pacific region and with airline customers in the region. Headquartered at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, China Airlines is Taiwan’s largest airline company. A member of SkyTeam since 2011