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Posted on 11/21/2005 6:21:37 AM PST by kellynla
Both deals had previously been included in Boeing's Web site tally of orders (http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/) under the "Unidentified" customer category.
At the Dubai Air Show's opening day on Sunday, Boeing landed its biggest-ever order from the Arab Gulf region from airline Emirates (EMAIR.UL: Quote, Profile, Research), which placed a $9.7 billion order for wide-bodied 777 planes.
The show is a barometer for the Gulf's burgeoning airlines sector and in its first two days has already tripled the value of business announced at the same event last held two years ago."
Great news for my backyard.
Looks like we now know the answer.
Yeah. Talk about being in the right place at the right time... just as air travel is starting to shift from the hub and spoke model thereby reducing the need for huge jets.
Once again the free market beats centralized planing (aka gvt control) when it comes to discerning the market's direction.
I can't tell you how many times over the past few years I've had that argument with people here on FR and elsewhere. I wish I had written down the names of the people so I could now go back and rub their noses in it....... ;o)
The market is fragmenting and people want to fly from St. Louis to Venice, not St. Louis to Chicago to Amsterdam to Venice. Boeing recognized this years ago and is now reaping the rewards while Airbus is struggling to sell more of their A380 and fuel INefficient A340s and their warmed over A330 renamed the A350. Love it!
Well said. You nailed it.
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Boeing BTTT
I assume this is good? ;-)
17 billion in two days isn't bad, that's 10% of our trade deficit with China.
Trying to picture the salesman at the airshow taking $17 billion of orders. Did he remember to offer the extra trim package and the extended warranty?
As opposed to Air Bus, the vertical tail assembly will remain firmly attached to the fuselage while in flight on all Boeing aircraft. :)
WHAT BETTER WAY TO FOLLOW AN APPLE-CUP COUGER WIN IN HUSKIE STADUIM?
BA stock price 68.93 [+ 1.98] at 12:23 PM EDT on Nov 21
Boo!
(Dawg lover) LOL!
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051121g.html
Does this include the BBJ's?
(Not a boo! on the stock price.)
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Sometimes you don't know. In the book Airframe, Crichton points out that sometimes big plane deals go through because corporate types agree to strange side deals, like putting production of some components off shore which means transfering technology and jobs to our competitors . . . Devil's in details. |
True, except the off-shore jobs go to the customers who buy the planes, not the competitor (Airbus).
It's not just a matter of what "people want to fly".
If the airplane flies St. Louis to Venice, it only needs one takeoff slot and one landing slot. Every additional stop it makes requires another slot-pair.
And since there's darned few new runways being built these days, takeoff and landing slots tend to be scarce.
I think boeing has sold their 100th BBJ just recently.
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