Posted on 05/03/2007 7:37:11 AM PDT by Freeport
Boeing has seen orders for its airliner models pour in during a week when the Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing's newest 737 model, the 737-900ER, for commercial service.
After winning firm orders from Virgin Atlantic Airways for 15 Boeing 787s and from Air Canada for 23, adding to Air Canada's earlier commitment for 14, Boeing won a repeat order yesterday from Indian carrier SpiceJet for 10 737-800s. New Delhi-based SpiceJet had already ordered 30 737-800s in two previous deals in February 2005 and August 2006.
Yesterday, Boeing revealed that Russia's S7 Group, which operates S7 Airlines?also had ordered 10 Boeing 737-800s in a deal originally signed last November. On its aircraft order web site Boeing had, at S7's instruction, classified the aircraft as being ordered by an unannounced customer until given the go-ahead to announce the deal formally. Moscow-based S7 Group will create a new charter airline, S7 Charter, to operate the 737-800s on routes from Moscow to popular resort destinations outside Russia.
The company's good news on April 26 didn't end there. After revealing the FAA's type approval of the 737-900ER, Boeing announced an order for six Boeing 777 Freighters from US private equity firm Oak Tree Hill Capital Partners. Oak Tree Hill will purchase the aircraft through a new aircraft leasing company it is establishing to market the aircraft for lease to airlines. The Oak Tree Hill buy takes Boeing's order total for the 777 Freighter to 71 aircraft and 10 customers have now ordered the model.
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IMHO, the 737 is one of the best planes ever built.
The DC-3 (C-47) had a long and productive life span It is appropriate that the 737 replaced the DC-3.
Dad use to tell me how he liked the C47 to jump from. The C141’s and C17’s were too fast for static line jumps.
Boeing Bump...
I think so too.
It's certainly one of, if not the most successful plane in aviation history.
And it's definitely one of my favorites to fly on. Just the right size. Fast boarding and de-boarding.
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