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Air Canada orders 23 Boeing 787s
KOMO TV ^
| 4/24/2007
| AP
Posted on 04/24/2007 11:31:05 AM PDT by eraser2005
SEATTLE - Air Canada says it has exercised options and purchase rights to order 23 Boeing 787s.
At average list prices the order would be worth about $3.7 billion.
Air Canada now has 37 of the new mid-size widebody planes on order and says it's the largest North American customer for the new plane Boeing is rolling out this summer at the Everett factory.
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KEYWORDS: 787; aerospace; aircanada; boeing
The Virgin order was already up here, but no word from freepers on the bigger Air Canada order...
Mighty good day for Boeing... 38 more 787s sold, with two 777s cancelled... just one day after moving 15 737s and 5 more 787s...
To: eraser2005
Who’s gonna build all those planes? They’ll haveta outsource to Airbust!..............
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posted on
04/24/2007 11:37:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If it's consensus, it's not science. If it's science, there's no need for consensus......)
To: Red Badger
Well there’ll be a bit of a backlog I’m sure.
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posted on
04/24/2007 11:38:10 AM PDT
by
farlander
(Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
To: All; RunningWolf; Flavius; GSlob; Old Guard Conservative; misterrob; oblomov; VeryFRank; tabor; ...
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I’m truly going to enjoy flying those 787s. A beautiful plane.
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posted on
04/24/2007 11:39:14 AM PDT
by
farlander
(Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
To: Red Badger
That makes 523 orders on the books.
0 built.
It took them 15 years to build 500 767s....
To: Red Badger
Actually...it looks like BOEING is in the process of heavily-considering a 2nd production line for the Dreamliner.
In the late 1990's , a 2nd line for the 737NG was established but orders fell below production levels and BOEING had a bit of a knot to untangle.
This is what they seek to avoid...making snap decisions that could become a labor/financial liability in the future.
But since the Dreamliner is an ultra-competitive, clean-sheet design, I think (personally) that a 2nd line should be worthwhile well into the future.
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:10:44 PM PDT
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: eraser2005
It took them 15 years to build 500 767s.... China will help build this one - they need a new AWACS and air tanker platform. ;)
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:13:32 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: ExcursionGuy84
Actually...it looks like BOEING is in the process of heavily-considering a 2nd production line for the Dreamliner.
If this order pace keeps up for a while longer, they'll have to. On one side, you don't want to overinvest in capital. But on the other side, you still need to be able to deliver your product, and one would think that having two lines open would perhaps increase intra-Boeing competition, and might lead to a little more innovation in the manufacturing process.
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:16:52 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: eraser2005
Airbust sales office (crickets chirping)
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:42:39 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: eraser2005
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:43:30 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(http://www.hartzvictims.org/)
To: Red Badger
Well airbus isn’t building and selling anything so let them
To: Fawn
Why is this on FR? Stuff like this is always on FR. FR isn't just for political news, but also for news that effects this country. Boeing doing well against the Froggies AribusT for example. Boeing, and aviation in general, has a big following here.
There' also space, physics, electronics, computers etc, etc.
FReepers are multifaceted.
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posted on
04/24/2007 12:52:26 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(This space for rent. Inquire within)
To: Joe Boucher
An have them fall out of the sky, no thanks.
Seriously, parts for these planes are being build all over the world, I think even some of the wings are being build in Japan!
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posted on
04/24/2007 1:52:28 PM PDT
by
Raymann
To: Fawn
It is ersatz French bashing.
A hobby I heartily endorse, and seek out on FR.
Thanks!
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posted on
05/01/2007 5:14:09 PM PDT
by
steveyp
(Homeschool Teacher - Science and Math)
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