More 787 Orders

Boeing continues to rack up orders for their soon to be debuted 787 wide-body aircraft.

Boeing and International Lease Finance Corp. ( ILFC ) today announced that the two companies have finalized orders for 63 airplanes worth approximately $8.8 billion at current list prices.

ILFC will expand its fleet with a new order for 50 additional 787 Dreamliners. ILFC will take delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner in 2010, with additional airplanes arriving through 2017. Today’s order also includes 10 Next-Generation 737s, which extends ILFC’s delivery stream through 2012

This brings the order total for the 787 to 634 airframes. Not bad for a program where the first airframe isn’t even completely assembled yet.

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