Emirates to buy 10 Boeing 747-8 planes -sources Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:13am ET =20 Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints=20 [-] Text [+] LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Dubai-based airline Emirates [EMAI= R.UL] is set to announce it will buy 10 of the latest version of the Boeing= Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 747 jumbo in a deal worth $2.8 billio= n at list prices, industry sources said on Sunday. The airline is set to buy the cargo version of the plane, called the 747-8,= the sources said, adding an announcement was possible on Tuesday at the Fa= rnborough International Airshow near London. Officials at Emirates and Boeing declined to comment on the matter. The latest version of the 747 was launched last November with orders from C= argolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines. An unidentified customer has also ordered one of the passenger version of t= he plane, dubbed the 747-8 Intercontinental. (Additional reporting by Jason= Neely)=20 =C2=A9 Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. =20 Roger & Amanda La France