Norway to buy 4 Hercules planes for $597 mln
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Norway&#39;s Labour-led government proposed on  Friday to buy four new C-130J Hercules cargo planes built by  Lockheed Martin  for about 3.6 billion Norwegian crowns  ($597 million), officials said.
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Vietnam Airlines said yesterday it plans to buy four Boeing 7E7s as the state-owned carrier attempts to expand its long-range fleet and may start flights to the United States.
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China signed a contract to buy 23 A319, A320 and A321 commercial jets from aircraft manufacturer Airbus in a deal worth close to 1.0 billion euros (1.34 billion dollars).
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The deal was valued at about $2.4 billion, Boeingâs largest sale in the former Soviet Union.
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Boeing Co.  announced new orders  for 47 planes from unidentified buyers on Thursday, worth more  than $4 billion overall, including 16 for its new carbon and  titanium 787 Dreamliner.
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Boeing Co. could sell up to 50 of its new 7E7 planes to Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) worth as much as &#36;6 billion at list prices under a deal announced on Wednesday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  was awarded a $400 million contract for F-16 aircraft sales to several foreign countries and also won a $248 million contract to support the F-22 weapon system, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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OSLO/NEW YORK  - U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean   Cruises Ltd. RCL.OL RCL.N agreed on Thursday to buy Spain's   biggest cruise and tour operator, Pullmantur S.A., for 430   million euros ($552 million) to boost operations in the   lucrative European cruise market.
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European aircraft maker Airbus said Thursday that the global aircraft market would be worth 2.8 trillion dollars (1.9 trillion euros) by 2026, with total production at 24,300 planes.
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Spain's Iberia on Friday formally presented an offer to buy the country's second largest airline, Spanair, from Scandinavian carrier SAS, Spanish media said.
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Boeing Co. has reached an agreement to sell 60 of its new 7E7 airplanes to a group of six Chinese carriers, a deal worth as much as $7.2 billion and a boost in the company's global competition with rival Airbus SAS, according to a source familiar with the transaction.
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Boeing Co. said Thursday that Vietnam Airlines would become the latest taker for its new 7E7 jetliner, with a plan to order four 7E7-8s to be delivered in 2010. The deal is valued at about &#36;500 million at list prices, although airlines usually negotiate big discounts.
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Air Berlin is to buy an extra 60 Boeing 737 planes, taking its order up to 85 in the latest boost for the US plane-maker.
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Singapore Airlines plans to buy up to 31 Boeing long-range 777-300ER planes worth about $7.35 billion, the carrier said Wednesday.
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U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean Cruises   RCL.OL RCL.N has agreed to buy Spain's biggest cruise and   tour operator, Pullmantur S.A., for 700 million euros ($898.5   million), sending its shares sharply higher on Thursday.
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Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer signs a $2.7bn deal to deliver 100 jets to Chinese airline HNA Group.
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The U.S. Navy on Friday gave a transatlantic team led by Lockheed Martin Corp.  a &#36;1.7 billion contract to build a new fleet of 23 U.S. presidential helicopters, a deal valued at up to &#36;6.1 billion.