Singapore Airlines eyes 31 Boeing aircraft
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SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) is set to outlay around US$7.35 billion for up to 31 Boeing B777-300ER (extended range) aircraft, with 18 to be delivered between 2006 and 2010, the company said.
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(InfoWorld) - An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$101,514) for a first-class seat on the Singapore AirlinesÂ flight. WhenÂ the A380 takes to the skies next month, it will become the largest airliner in commercial use. Built by Airbus Industries, the aircraft will hold around 555 passengers in a typical configuration. However, Singapore Airlines -- the first to use the aircraft -- opted for a configuration that holds fewer than 480 passengers. Singapore Airlines auctioned off tickets for the first A380 flightÂ on eBay's Singaporean Web site, with all proceeds going to charity. With 24 seats left to sell on Sept. 20, the airline had sold 638 tickets for both legs of the Oct. 25 round-trip flight from Singapore to Sydney and raised S$1.9 million (US$1.26 million). That money will be split among several charities: Singapore's Community Chest; the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, and The Children's Hospital at Westmead; and MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res. The S$153,000 bid for a Singapore Airlines Suites ticket was the most expensive ticket sold during the auction, while an economy-class seat on the return leg from Sydney to Singapore was the cheapest ticket sold at S$853. By comparison, a single, round-trip ticket from Singapore to Sydney is priced at S$900 on the airline's Web site. Some tickets were sold in blocks, including a group of three Singapore Airlines Suites tickets, two business-class seats, and an economy-class ticket sold to a Singaporean bidder for S$85,280. Singapore Airlines said the largest percentage of successful bidders came from Australia, representing 15 percent of the total. Singapore came next at 11 percent, followed by the U.K. (6 percent), U.S. (4 percent), and Germany (3 percent). The youngest successful bidder was a San Francisco man who will turn 22 on the day of the flight, Singapore Airlines said. The oldest successful bidder was a 76-year-old man from Vancouver, it said. The airline said 2,000 bidders registered for the auction and paid a security deposit that qualified them to bid. Â
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Boeing Co. on Friday said it received a total of seven orders for its new extended-range passenger airline from two carriers. Etihad Airways confirmed an order for five Boeing 777-300ER airplanes valued at $1.09 billion at list price.
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US aerospace giant Boeing Co. forecast on Wednesday that airlines worldwide would take delivery of nearly 30,000 new planes in the next two decades amid surging demand for air travel.
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Boeing Co  said on Tuesday that China will require 3,400 new airplanes worth about $340 billion over the next 20 years, raising its forecast for the country's booming aviation arena.
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Japan Airlines Corp., Asia&#39;s largest air carrier by sales, said it will buy 30 of Boeing Co.&#39;s newest aircraft, the 7E7, as it replaces older midsize planes.
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LONDON, December 17  - In a major setback for the leading US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing, Malaysiaâs AirAsia Bhd announced today plans to replace its current fleet of Boeing planes with the new Airbus aircraft over the next
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Japan Airlines, has become the latest customer of Boeing&#39;s new 7E7 dreamliner. The airline has ordered 30 firm aircraft plus 20 options, the order is made up of 7E7-3 and 7E7-8 derivatives.
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Boeing regained some ground in its battle with Airbus yesterday when it won a $7.35billion order from Singapore Airlines for 31 aircraft.
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Airbus SAS, the world&#39;s largest maker of airplanes, said it received firm orders from China Eastern Airlines and Air China, two of the country&#39;s main carriers, to buy 26 planes.
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U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co.  confirmed  an order for 27 Boeing 767-300 Freighters from package delivery  company United Parcel Service Inc. .
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Boeing (BA:NYSE - news - research) shares Wednesday touched a level last seen before the World Trade Center attacks, after it announced that Singapore Airlines had ordered $7.
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Singapore Airlines says it has agreed to buy up to 31 long-range Boeing B777-300ER aircraft in an order potentially worth $7.35bn (Â£4.
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Boeing is to supply Japan Airlines with up to 50 of its forthcoming 7E7 aircraft in a deal that could be worth up to $6bn.
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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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Boeing hopes that Chinese airlines will soon place orders for up to 80 of its new 7E7 &quot;Dreamliner&quot; jets, according to the official publication of Airshow China 2004.
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Orient Thai Airlines plans to order 20 new aircraft, eight Boeing  787-9s and 12 Boeing 737-900s, at a cost of $2.5 billion in April 2008, chairman Udom Tantiprasongchai said on Wednesday.