BA 787-8 / -9 order finalized

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I can't wait until they start coming in to PHL!!!!


Boeing Co. said that it's finalized a deal for 24 787 airplanes with British Airways worth $4.4 billion at list prices.

The London-based airline is buying eight 787-8 planes and 16 787-9 planes. It also placed options for 18 other 787s and purchase rights for another 10.

The British airline selected Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for its 787s.

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787-8 will carry up to 250 passengers on routes up to 8,200 miles and the 787-9 will carry up to 290 passengers on routes up to 8,500 miles.

The 787 is built in Everett, Wash.Parts are made at Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (NYSE: SPR) in Wichita.

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I can't wait until they start coming in to PHL!!!!


Boeing Co. said that it's finalized a deal for 24 787 airplanes with British Airways worth $4.4 billion at list prices.

The London-based airline is buying eight 787-8 planes and 16 787-9 planes. It also placed options for 18 other 787s and purchase rights for another 10.

Tight wads . The company I work for (Air Berlin) has a hard order for 25 with 25 options 8-)

Matt

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I can't wait until they start coming in to PHL!!!!


Boeing Co. said that it's finalized a deal for 24 787 airplanes with British Airways worth $4.4 billion at list prices.

The London-based airline is buying eight 787-8 planes and 16 787-9 planes. It also placed options for 18 other 787s and purchase rights for another 10.

Tight wads . The company I work for (Air Berlin) has a hard order for 25 with 25 options 8-)

Matt

Hedging their bets to see what comes out of Toulouse I suppose. They'd look daft with a mega fleet of 787's if the A350 turns out to be a winner - particularly as on the same day as this order was originally announced (27th September) they ordered 12 A380s (I bet in retrospect they wish they'd been a launch customer for the A380, as SIA and Qantas will reap the benefits of that), so are now more openly "mixing" their fleet.