Historic Week At Boeing Results In Orders And Commitments For 359 Airplanes

The Boeing Company resulting in a mixtures or orders and commitments for 359 airplanes.

"This has been an outstanding week for our customers and our employees," said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "We're pleased that in planning for their future, our customers have chosen Boeing airplanes."

Boeing has now set a record for 777 orders in a single year with 192 to date, according to a press release. The new record surpasses the previous record of 154, achieved in 2005. This week the company also announced two milestone deals with Emirates Airlines and Lion Air, in addition to other deals during and after the Dubai Airshow, including:

• Oman Air ordered six 787-8s.
• Qatar Airways ordered two 777 Freighters.
• Aviation Capital Group (ACG) committed to buy 35 737 MAX airplanes and finalized a firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-800s.
• Singapore Airlines finalized order for eight 777-300ERs.
• Unidentified customer ordered eight 777s.

"We continue to see worldwide expansion in air traffic, and as a result, strong customer demand for our products and services," added Albaugh. "Our product strategy is playing out as we expected with our wide-body offerings being the airplanes of choice and the 737 MAX enjoying tremendous customer acceptance."

Since the start of this year, Boeing has added more than 11,000 jobs in its commercial airplanes division, including 1,200 jobs in Renton.

As production rates increase across all airplane programs, Boeing will reportedly continue to hire a highly skilled workforce. and the aim to secure production of the 737 MAX in Washington state, and build an education infrastructure geared toward the grooming of Washington state students for the aerospace field in the coming years.