...Who is this Primaris bunch and where does all the $$$ come from to back them? Tony Soprano perhaps? Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Start-up airline orders 7E7s as part of $3.8 billion > deal > > > By Herald staff > > > > Primaris Airlines, a start-up U.S. airline, plans to > buy 20 7E7s and 20 737s, the Boeing Co. announced > this morning. > > The deal still is being negotiated, Boeing said. It > would be worth $3.8 billion at list prices, although > it's likely that Primaris, as a launch customer, > will receive a significant discount. > > Primaris will start receiving the 737-800s in 2007 > and the 7E7-8s in 2010, Boeing said. > > The airline is brand new, having received its > Federal Aviation Administration operating > certificate last year. It is the first U.S. airline > to order Boeing's 7E7. > > Boeing so far has firm orders for 52 7E7s, from > launch customers All Nippon Airways and Air New > Zealand. Two other air carriers -- First Choice > Holidays of the United Kingdon and Blue Panorama of > Italy -- have announced tentative deals for a total > of 10 more. > > > Roger > EWROPS > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail