Delta Air Lines may place $20 bln Boeing order: report

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[wk4bush2004]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines may order as many as 125 Boeing Co. 787 jetliners by the end of this year, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Tuesday, citing Delta's operating chief Jim Whitehurst.

The order, still being negotiated, would be valued at an estimated $20 billion at list prices, according to the report.

Delta could not immediately be reached for comment. A spokesman for Boeing, reached at the Paris air show, said the company does not comment on speculation about future orders.

[wk4bush2004]

Oh...........I hope and pray that this comes to pass!!!! It most likely will! Delta is a very loyal Boeing customer! It's gonna be sweet to see the 787 in Delta colors!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I can handle this little tidbit of news. Boeing stock will be going higher and higher. I can dance all the way to the bank.

It is fun to watch Boeing kick Airbus’ butt in the world marketplace.

[wk4bush2004]

“It is fun to watch Boeing kick Airbus’ butt in the world marketplace.”

Amen it is. Boeing is an amazing company.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I’ve wondered when Delta would be making a large purchase. Their fleet has been getting a little long in the tooth.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

While airbust is orchestrating annoucements about new plane orders that are actually orders from years ago so they can act like the belle of the ball at the Paris Airshow, Boeing will be taking actually real new orders.

Airbust is a complete disaster right now, and in true socialist form, they are recounting orders to make people feel better about the situation.

[Tolsti]

American needs to get rid of all the crappy old MD80’s already.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This is just the begining.

United and other american carriers are going to be ramping up new plane orders as well.

The coming united orders are going to massive and United loves Boeing.

[wk4bush2004]

Amen to that. AA has a desperately needs to replace the M80s. Perhaps with more Boeing 737-800s?

[wk4bush2004]

For widebodies, yes, but we can’t forget that they bought A319s and A320s from Airbus........

[nralife]

“Amen to that. AA desperately needs to replace the M80s. Perhaps with more Boeing 737-800s?”

737s are the chosen replacement. It’s in the works. Without looking it up, I just can’t say what version it will be.

[Zetman]

The coming united orders are going to massive and United loves Boeing.

Didn't United Airlines used to OWN Boeing, until the government anti-trust people made United divest themselves of Boeing back in the early 1930's??

If I recall correctly, United had a close working relationship with Boeing in the late 1920's, and was having Boeing build them airplanes to their exact specifications. United and Boeing both decided that it would make life easier if United simply owned Boeing, and could use Boeing to build aircraft for them exclusively.

The U.S government took a dim view of this. They said that United owned too much of the aviation process (for want of a better way to describe it). The government said that United had an unfair advantage over the other airlines (all of these were fledgling industries at the time, and aviation was in it's early "dot com" phase, with venture capitalists investing left and right, trying to get in on the ground floor).

Hence, in a move that foreshadowed the governments' scrutiny of Ma Bell and Microsoft decades later, they brought their antitrust hammer down upon the head of the fledgling United Airlines, and forced them divest themselves of Boeing in the early 1930's. Boeing was spun off and once again became a separate company.

However, it would seem that Boeing and United have maintained a close working relationship ever since. A few years ago, Boeing decided to relocate their Corporate HQ from Seattle. They ultimately decided to move their HQ to Chicago. By coincidence, Chicago is where United Airlines has its' Corporate HQ. Coincidence?? Hmmmmmmmm.....

As always, if I have any of this wrong, someone who is smarter than me (almost anyone!!) is welcome to correct me.

[Aussiebabe]

Actually, you are very close, but it was the other way around. Boeing was forced to sell off its airlines as a result of the airmail scandal in the early 1930’s.

[PAR35]

I’ve wondered when Delta would be making a large purchase. Their fleet has been getting a little long in the tooth.

They had to get clear of the bankruptcy first.

[Tolsti]

I live next to DFW.. The MD80’s are loud and look like junk compared to the newer planes with the vertical things on the wing tips..

I flew one around 6 years ago, and it creaked and was small and just nasty in general. I don’t fly anymore, but when I did I changed to United because they at least don’t have MD80’s.. heh.

[Pro-Bush]

Good timing, the airbus chumps just got 20 billion in sales.

[norton]

William Boeing was (IIRC) the only early airplane guy who was not himself an engineer but an investor and business man.

Following gleaned from official Boeing website but for some reason I can't copy/paste the address:

Turned a shipyard investment into an aircraft plant prior to WW1.

The holding company was forced to split in 1934 (founder was gone by then) and Stearman Aircraft led to Boeing Aircraft while Boeing Air Transport had already become United and was split off from manufacturing.

About that same time, 1934, Boeing Airplane Co. - then part of Stearman - delivered the first Kaydet trainer. That explains why the classic biplane is referred to as a Boeing in one place and Stearman in another.

[Leisler]

There are still some old, wood, Boeing sailboats around the northwest.

[Fractal Trader]

Boeing ping

[R.W.Ratikal]

While Delta was operating under Chapter 11 were they able to shift their pension liability to the taxpayers under the Pension Protection Laws? Anyone? Tks.

[wk4bush2004]

I think they only did it for the pilot pensions.