Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines Finalize Order for One Additional 787 Dreamliner

Yahoo! ^ | February 19, 2007

[lizol]

Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines Finalize Order for One Additional 787 Dreamliner

Monday February 19, 12:13 pm ET

SEATTLE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) and LOT Polish Airlines announced today that the airline has increased its 787 Dreamliner order by one additional aircraft, bringing its total 787 order to eight airplanes. In 2005, LOT placed an order for seven 787s, with delivery positions beginning in 2008.

Today's order, valued at $153 million at list prices, was booked previously on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer.

"We are delighted with the steady progress we're witnessing on the 787 Program and are eager to see the first 787 this year," said Marek Mazur, chief executive officer of LOT Polish Airlines. "Furthermore, we are making excellent progress in preparing for the arrival of the first 787 in our fleet in 2008. We take great pride in being the first European carrier to operate the world's newest, most advanced airplane."

The 787 will revolutionize the customer experience for LOT's passengers. Passengers will enjoy an innovative new interior environment with higher humidity, wider seats and aisles, and larger windows, greatly improving the overall flying experience.

"This follow-on order is a wonderful confirmation of the outstanding value LOT places on the 787," said Marlin Dailey, vice president of Sales for Europe, Russia and Central Asia. "A dedicated team from Boeing and LOT, one of our early European customers on the program, is making great progress for the introduction of the 787 into their fleet."

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with first delivery scheduled for 2008, provides passengers with a better flying experience and operators with a more efficient commercial jetliner. Including today's order by LOT, 37 customers have logged 468 orders and commitments worth more than $73 billion at current list prices since the 787 launch in April 2004, making the Dreamliner the most successful commercial airplane launch in history.

[rellimpank]

---must not have any confidence in Airbus--

[lizol]

Ping

[Rummenigge]

Airbus will be allright.

The world needs two manufacturers of PA.

[stinkerpot65]

True enough. Boeing does not have the production capacity to fill the market, so there will be an Airbus for many years to come.

[wolf78]

True enough. Boeing does not have the production capacity to fill the market, so there will be an Airbus for many years to come.

Also one easily forgets: When Boeing had like 80% market share, many of their products stunk. The 767 was really getting long in the tooth. Without the A330 there would've never been a 787.

[Polak z Polski]

Lizol, do you know if the last 787 will be an 8 or a 9? It would be neat to have a 9.
I'm glad that LOT chose the 787, as airbus not only has a giant mess with their production, but maintenance-wise the 787 will be very good. Instead of using only book maintenance manuals(Boeing's are good anyways), there will be parts on computer, which you can move around to look at (I guess a new sort of illustrated parts catalogue). You can even go inside parts and assemblies on the computer. It is really neat. The only thing that I wonder about is how well the composites in the fuselage will perform. It will be interesting to see what kind of repairs are called out in the maintenance manual when someone drops a screwdriver from high up onto a section of the fuselage.

I hope that someday I get to go to Boeing's production plant, and see them winding the sections of fuselage, and putting them into the giant autoclave.