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SEATTLE — The Boeing Co.
board of directors has approved
production of its roomier, more
fuel-efficient 7E7 Dreamliner
now that it has an order for the
first 50 planes from All Nippon
Airways, the manufacturer and
carrier announced Monday.
The order is worth $6 billion
at list prices, although airlines
typically negotiate substantial
discounts for large orders. The
precise dollar figure of the order
was withheld.
Dreamliner production is
scheduled to begin in 2(X)6. The
first llight by one of the planes is
anticipated the next year and
deliveries are scheduled to begin
in 2008, according to a statement.
The 7E7 is designed to com
pete with the Airbus A330-200
series as well as to replace the
757 and 767. It is Boeing’s first
all-new plane since 1990.
The deal is a record for the
number of planes in a single
customer’s order that initiates
Production by Boeing. The old
record was set in 1960 when
Eastern Airlines and United
Airlines each ordered 40 of the
n e w 727s.
More 7E7 orders are likely in
the coming weeks and months
hut “probably not on the order
of magnitude of this order,”
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
spokeswoman Yvonne Leach
said in a telephone interview.
“I think we’ll see something
happening in China in the rela
tively near term.” Mike Bair,
Boeing’s senior vice president for
the 7E7, said in a conference call.
The order includes the slum-
haul Model 3, which will have
about 3(X) seats, and the longer-
range Model 8. w ith 230 seats in
two classes, with the exact num
ber of each to he determined later.
“ANA’s selection of the
Boeing 7E7 is consistent w ith our
stated goal to operate the safest,
most modem, efficient and com
fortable fleet of aircraft in the
world," ANA president Yoji
Ohashi said in the joint statement.
AM Nippon Airways (ANA) ordered 50 Boeing 7E7 Dreamy I
passenger jets to be delivered in 2008. It was the first orfeil
the new plane - designed to compete with the Airbus A3&)I
Model of 7E7
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550-passenger A380 as a solu
tion that enables airlines to pack
more customers onto each flight
between major hubs. Boeing is
betting that carriers will prefer
smaller, more efficient airplanes
to get passengers to their desti
nations more directly.
Shares of Boeing gained 87
cents, or 2 percent to ^B 1 ’ 0111
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New York Stock Excki;®"'" 1
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than other airliners.;
assembled in Everett.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Kerry answers critics of anti-war
protests by questioning Bush's service
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — John Kerry, a decorated Navy vet
eran criticized by Republicans for his anti-war activities during
the Vietnam era, lashed out at President Bush on Monday for fail
ing to prove whether he fulfilled his commitment to the National
Guard during the same period.
Conservative critics have questioned whether Kerry deserved
all three of his Purple Hearts for battle wounds, an issue the
Democratic presidential candidate sought to put to rest last week
by releasing his military records. On Sunday, a top Bush adviser
criticized Kerry for leading anti-war protests after he returned
from the battlefield.
“This comes from a president who can’t even show or prove
that he showed up for duty in the National Guard," Kerry said
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