Posted on 11/13/2023 12:22:43 PM PST by Red Badger
Luxury carrier Emirates Monday exercised options that will see the airline acquire an additional 95 wide-body planes from Boeing to augment its fleet. Photo courtesy of Emirates Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Luxury carrier Emirates Monday exercised options that will see the airline acquire an additional 95 wide-body planes from Boeing to augment its fleet.
The United Arab Emirates flag carrier confirmed the $52 billion order on the first day of the Dubai Airshow.
The airline will acquire a further 55 Boeing 777-9 passenger jets and 35 of the 777-8 variant of the next-generation wide-body plane collectively known as the 777X.
The Dubai-headquartered carrier also increased its order for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet by five additional aircraft. The airline has a total of 35 of the fuel-efficient Dreamliners on order, with deliveries expected to start midway through 2025.
"The new Boeing 777X will be the world's largest and most efficient twin-engine jet, unmatched in every aspect of performance. With new breakthroughs in aerodynamics and engines, the 777X will deliver 10% lower fuel use and emissions and 10% lower operating costs than the competition," is how Boeing describes the plane on its website.
Emirates currently operates 150 older variants of the twin-aisle Boeing 777s in its growing fleet and is in the process of retrofitting those aircraft. It is retrofitting more than 30 of those planes.
The 777-9 can be configured to carry up to 426 passengers in a typical two-class configuration, with a range of 7,295 nautical miles.
The longer-range 777-8 seats 395 passengers and can fly up to 8,745 nautical miles.
The airline now has a total of 205 aircraft on order from Boeing's passenger aviation division. It first announced an initial $9 billion order with Boeing in 2019, containing options to increase the number of aircraft.
"This order is an incredible vote of confidence in Boeing's highly efficient widebody family and the versatility of our 777X and 787 airplanes to meet Emirates' needs for global long-haul travel," Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said in a news release issued by the aviation giant.
"The 777-9 and 777-8 are the perfect airplanes to support Emirates' growth, improving environmental performance and unmatched payload capability along the way."
Emirates is growing its fleet in an effort to add an additional 400 cities to Dubai's foreign trade map over the next decade.
"Emirates is the biggest operator of Boeing 777 aircraft, and today's order cements that position. We've been closely involved in the 777 program since its start up until this latest generation of 777X aircraft," UAE Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed said in a news release issued by the airline.
"The 777 has been central to Emirates' fleet and network strategy of connecting cities on all continents non-stop to Dubai. We are pleased to extend our relationship with Boeing and look forward to the first 777-9 joining our fleet in 2025."
Emirates also operates the Airbus A380 as part of its fleet of wide-body planes, serving over 140 cities on six continents. The company also has over $10 billion worth of aircraft orders with France-based Airbus.
Aviation Ping!....................
I wonder how many will fly into skyscrapers?
At least “Build Back Better” is working over there.
I was in sales operations for a long time and spent a lot of time on sales compensation plans. The biggest orders we got were in the $10 million rang.
I wonder how Boeing compensates the sales team for an order of this magnitude. The people on the team may not need to work again.
Hmmm . . . makes me wonder if they are going to dump the A380’s?
Since orders may be cancelled, I’d bet the sales team is compensated only when one flies out the door.............
Not necessarily, but they could sell them off to other airlines................
Yes, actual shipments trigger comp payments. It keeps people around, too.
Emirates has the best food and best stewardesses who are well trained in how to make passengers feel happy.
“The people on the team may not need to work again.”
I used to work with the main sales guy for the 787, back when he was an engineer in the Flight test calibration Lab.
I’m sure he is retired by now as am I.
While I have 5 acres with an ocean view in Hawaii, he probably has 50 and only spends winter here.
“The people on the team may not need to work again.”
I used to work with the main sales guy for the 787, back when he was an engineer in the Flight test calibration Lab.
I’m sure he is retired by now as am I.
While I have 5 acres with an ocean view in Hawaii, he probably has 50 and only spends winter here.
Yep. That sums it up.
I saw quite a few Big Dogs who could score like that. The Pareto Rule was always at work — the top 20% really carried the day with the majority of sales. The bottom 20% were gone every year. It was always amazing to watch how easy the top guys made it look, but they worked like dogs. The bottom guys could never figure it out. And all the folks in the middle made an ok living.
Deep State insiders will make yuge $ on this deal.
Just keep voting. Pretend it matters.
Sounds like some countries are electing not to abort their future generation(s)...
The send the best “stewardesses” to the tennis tournaments they sponsor.
I assume they’re just models pretending to be stewardesses…
Why did Emirates order 95 777-9’s? Reason: Airbus didn’t give a decent offer on updating the A380 fleet with new wings and engines. As such, Emirates will switch to flying the 777-9 on their most important routes and move their more cost-conscious customers to flydubai, which will start flying the 787-9 from Dubai the various US East Coast destinations.
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The A380 was discontinued in 2021; https://www.drivespark.com/off-beat/airbus-a380-discontinued-reason-why-027600.html
That 777-9 plane has very narrow aisles and very narrow seats, and me and my wife had a very terrible time flying for 3 hrs between Dallas and Tampa. It was a chore navigating the narrow aisles and both my wife and I are thin. The seats were very uncomfortable with absolutely no elbow room and no clearance between our seats and those in front of us. Never again on a 777-9 or any other 777. Horrible!
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