Singapore Air Sets $7.35 Bln Boeing Order
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SINGAPORE/CHICAGO  - Singapore Airlines Ltd.  SIAL.SI plans to buy up to 31 Boeing Co. BA.N long-range  777-300ER planes worth about $7.35 billion, the carrier said on  Wednesday.
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Late in August, Boeing&#39;s top sales execs flew to Singapore for a crucial sales pitch. They were close to persuading Singapore Airlines, one of the world&#39;s leading airlines, to buy the American company&#39;s new jet, the mid-sized 7E7.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Continental Airlines said after the bell Wednesday that it has placed the first US orders for Boeing&#39;s 7E7 passenger jet in a deal worth $1.3 billion at current list prices.
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Boeing stock dipped despite the good news that the US leading aircraft maker was able to win an order for 10 7E7 planes to be delivered starting in 2009 from Continental Airlines that will pay $1.3 billion for the deal.
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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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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.
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LE BOURGET, France  - Boeing Co.  said on Wednesday it had won an order for 16 planes from Air France KLM  worth a total of $2.7 billion at list prices.
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SEATTLE - Abu Dhabi&#39;s Etihad Airways confirmed an order for five Boeing 777-300ERs, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ordered two 777-200ERs, Boeing Co.
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Boeing confirmed an order of four 7E7-8 airplanes from Vietnam Airlines yesterday, saying the $500 million order is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2005.
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Shares in The Boeing Co. hit a one-year high Wednesday on news that the aircraft builder has received an order to build 18 777-300 ER (extended range) airplanes for Singapore Airlines, with the airline also
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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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In what could prove to be a setback for The Boeing Co.&#39;s expectations that it will win upwards of 200 orders this year for its 7E7, Singapore Airlines said yesterday that it is not ready to order the new super-efficient jet.
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Boeing Co  said on Monday it would buy up to $7 billion of its own stock, one of the plane-maker's largest repurchase plans on record, but kept its cash dividend unchanged.
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PARIS - Airbus is poised to win a $5.2 billion order from Malaysia&#39;s AirAsia for its A320 short-haul aircraft, pushing out rival Boeing, which had been the budget airline&#39;s sole supplier, The Wall Street Journal reported today.
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Boeing Co.  said on  Wednesday it has won an order for 16 planes from Air France KLM   worth a total of $2.7 billion at list prices.
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Korean Air Lines, South KoreaÂs biggest carrier, ordered 25 Boeing planes in its largest deal ever as it seeks to benefit from rising demand for passenger and cargo flights. The carrier ordered 15 short- and long-range passenger aircraft and 10 freighters, which it will begin receiving in 2009, it said. The airline said the order was valued at as much as $5.5 billion at list prices.
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Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIAL.SI) plans to buy up to 31 Boeing Co. (BA.N) long-range 777-300ER planes worth about &#36;7.35 billion, the carrier said on Wednesday.