45 A380's on order is more impressive in my book. Jose Prize In a message dated 11/21/2005 8:49:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,=20 skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: SFGate: Emirates Airlines to Buy 42 Boeing 777s=20 > Date: 11/21/2005 8:49:52 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx > Reply-to: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent from the Internet=20 >=20 > ....Does this mean I might possibly use my CO FF > points on Emirates in the future in FC?..... I > certainly can't now. 42 777's! that is pretty > impressive. I didn't know that many people in the > Emirates flew enough to fill that many planes. >=20 > But then again, if you live somewhere like Bahrain, as > liberal as it is, you would want to get the Hell out > of there at every possible opportunity, for sure.=20 > Margaritaville, it Ain't. >=20 > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > Fan of getting the hell out of Dodge (or Doha) as the > case may be..... >=20 >=20 > --- Bill Hough <psa188@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > >=3D20 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This article was sent to you by someone who found it > >on SFGate. > >The original article can be found on SFGate.com > >here: > > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D3D/n/a/2005/11/20/financi= al/=3D > >f121516S36.DTL > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Monday, November 21, 2005 (AP) > >Emirates Airlines to Buy 42 Boeing 777s > >By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer > > > > > > (11-21) 01:17 PST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates > >(AP) -- > > > > Emirates Airlines has placed an order for 42 > >Boeing 777 jets worth $9.7 > >billion at list prices, the airlines' chairman said > >Sunday, while China > >has signed a deal to buy 70 Boeing 737 airliners > >valued at $4 billion. > >Chinese airlines also will buy 80 more soon, the > >government said Sunday > >during a visit to Beijing by President Bush. > > > > Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the > >Emirates' aircraft =E2=80=94 to =3D > >be > >powered by General Electric Co. GE-90 engines in a > >deal worth $2.5 billion > >=E2=80=94 include 24 Boeing 777-300 ERs, plus 10 > >777-200 LR Worldliners and > >eight 777 freighters. > > > > Emirates, which has a current fleet of 83 planes, > >is scheduled to receive > >the first aircraft from the order in 2007, and has > >an option to buy 20 > >more 777s. > > > > The announcement was made at the annual Dubai > >Airshow, the largest > >regional aircraft exhibition. > > > > Emirates is already the largest customer for > >Airbus' huge double-decker > >A380, which made its maiden Mideast flight at the > >Dubai air show. > > > > The 777-200LR, which earlier this month broke the > >world distance record > >for commercial airliners, will also allow Emirates > >to start nonstop > >flights to long-range destinations on the U.S. West > >Coast and in South > >America, he said. The 777-200LR is the world's > >longest range commercial > >jetliner, able to travel more than 13,000 miles > >nonstop, according to > >Chicago-based Boeing Co. > > > > The deal boosts the airline's order book to 132, > >with a total value of > >$37.4 billion. Emirates is awaiting delivery of 23 > >777-300ERs, 45 A380s, > >20 A340-600s and two Airbus A310Fs. > > > > Industry analysts had expected Emirates to place > >orders with both Boeing > >and European rival Airbus Industries at the Dubai > >air show. > > > > In China, the Boeing 737 deal was announced by > >the official Xinhua News > >Agency as Bush met Sunday with Chinese President Hu > >Jintao. > > > > Beijing often announces large purchases of > >American airliners in > >connection with visits by U.S. leaders in an effort > >to mollify > >Washington's frustration at China's surging trade > >surplus. > > > > Xinhua gave only the catalog value of the planes > >and didn't say what > >Chinese carriers would pay for them. Buyers > >typically negotiate hefty > >discounts on sizable orders. > > > > They are to be delivered between 2006 and 2008 to > >Chinese carriers Air > >China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern > >Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, > >Xiamen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines > >and Shenzhen Airlines, > >according to Xinhua. > > > > It said the planes were being bought on behalf of > >the airlines by a > >state-owned company that imports aircraft. That > >company "will soon sign > >another purchase agreement with Boeing for 80 more > >B737 aircraft," Xinhua > >said. > > > > Hu told Bush that China would take steps to > >reduce its trade surplus with > >the United States but didn't discuss specific > >measures. China's trade > >surplus with the United States hit a record $162 > >billion in 2004 and is > >expected to pass $200 billion this year. > > > > Boeing says it expects Chinese carriers to buy > >more than 2,600 new > >aircraft worth $213 billion over the next two > >decades as the country's > >economy grows and more people travel. > > > > Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways also announced > >Sunday that it agreed to buy > >six Airbus A320s, bringing the total number of that > >aircraft type in its > >fleet to 10. The low-budget, no-frills carrier > >expects to take receipt of > >the new planes sometime between 2007 and 2010. No > >value for the order was > >given. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------=3D > >-- > >Copyright 2005 AP >=20