South African carrier Comair Limited has announced it placed an order in December for eight Boeing 737 MAX 8s, which the manufacturer values at $830 million at list prices.
Read moreIndian carrier SpiceJet has announced it was the airline that placed a firm order for 42 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets previously listed on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website as being for an unannounced customer.
Read moreTurkish carrier SunExpress has finalized an order for 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 25 Boeing 737-800s, and has taken options on 10 additional Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Read moreThe commitment, which Boeing values at $1.45 billion at list prices, will establish Nok Air as the first airline in Thailand to operate the Boeing 737 MAX.
Read moreThe deal, the firm part of which the manufacturer values at $8.8 billion at list prices, also includes purchase rights for 25 more Boeing 737 MAX jets. It is Boeing’s largest single-aisle aircraft order in the Middle East.
Read moreThe flight marks the 787-9’s international debut and its longest flight since the Boeing 787-9 flight-test program began.
Read moreThe order, which Boeing values at about $1 billion at current list prices, will bolster Cathay Pacific Airways’ fleets of Boeing 747-8 Freighters and Boeing 777-300ER widebodies to 14 and 53 aircraft, respectively.
Read moreCathay Pacific Airways has become Asia’s first Boeing 777X customer with an order for 21 777-9X widebodies. Boeing values Cathay Pacific Airways’ Boeing 777-9X order at more than $7 billion at current list prices.
Read moreMontreal-based Air Canada has secured commitments, options and rights to purchase up to 109 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The new Boeing 737 MAX jets will replace Air Canada’s existing mainline fleet of Airbus A320-family narrowbodies and at least 20 of its Embraer 190s.
Read moreBoeing has begun low-speed wind tunnel tests for the Boeing 777X and calls the testing a major milestone in aircraft development. Testing started on December 5 at QinetiQ’s test facility at Farnborough in the UK.
Read moreIn deals announced on the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2013, Qatar Airways has signed a letter of intent to order 50 Boeing 777-9X passenger aircraft and has signed a firm order for five more Airbus A330-200F freighters, optioning eight more A330-200Fs at the same time.
Read moreAccording to Boeing, Flyubai’s new 737-family commitment, which the manufacturer values at $11.4 billion at list prices (including orders and purchase rights), represents the largest-ever Boeing purchase of Boeing single-aisle jets in the Middle East.
Read moreEtihad Airways has announced an order at the Dubai Airshow for 56 Boeing widebody jets, with options and purchase rights for 26 additional aircraft. Boeing values the November 17 order, announced on the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2013, at $25.2 billion at list prices.
Read moreEmirates Airline has rewritten all records in civil aviation history with an order for 150 Boeing 777Xs ‒ comprising 35 Boeing 777-8Xs and 115 Boeing 777-9Xs, plus purchase rights on 50 more aircraft ‒ and an additional 50 Airbus A380s. Together, the Boeing and Airbus orders, excluding purchase rights, are valued by Emirates at US$99 billion at list prices.
Read moreBoeing 777X orders and commitments include Lufthansa with 34 aircraft; Etihad Airways with 25; Qatar Airways with 50 and Emirates with 150. The combined value of the agreements is more than $95 billion at list prices, according to Boeing.
Read moreThe Second Boeing 787-9 Flies for the First Time
Aircraft November 7, 2013
The aircraft, which Boeing has given the internal designation ZB002, departed Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 8:06 a.m. local time on November 7 and landed at 12:24 p.m. local time at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
Read moreLufthansa Group’s planned firm orders include 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s. The group will also take options on another 30 A350-900s, the deal giving it the flexibility to convert part of its Airbus A350 XWB buy to specify the larger A350-1000 if it wishes.
Read moreThe Canadian airline will substitute existing orders for 15 Boeing 737NG jets, which are currently scheduled to deliver between December 2014 and 2018, with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, for a net increase of 50 committed deliveries to its fleet plan.
Read moreOriginally announced by Xiamen Airlines in May 2011, the order has a list-price value of $1.3 billion.
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