Dubai Airshow: Boeing wins first orders for 737s

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Boeing has scored its first aircraft orders at the Dubai Airshow, getting requests for a total of 11 737-800 jetliners from two Algerian airlines.

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Published: Tue 17 Nov 2009, 3:44 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:26 AM

The Chicago-based plane maker announced the deals Tuesday after lagging behind European rival Airbus, which has announced orders every day since the show began Sunday.

Boeing says the North African country’s national flag carrier Air Algerie ordered seven of the planes.

Tassili Airlines ordered the other four. That carrier is fully owned by Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach, which plans to use the planes to transport employees and cargo to work sites.

(AP)

Published: Tue 17 Nov 2009, 3:44 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:26 AM

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