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    Boeing gets biggest order ever from Lion Air

    NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing Co. has received its largest commercial airplane order ever, topping its own record set less than a week ago.

    Lion Air, a large private carrier in Indonesia, ordered a total of 230 airplanes with a list price of $21.7 billion. That includes 201 of the redesigned Boeing 737 "MAX" and 29 extended range 737s. The order was announced Thursday by the White House, as part of President Barack Obama's trip to Bali, Indonesia.

    Chicago-based Boeing set the previous order record Sunday, when Dubai's Emirates ordered 50 Boeing 777s, with a total value of $18 billion. The 230 planes also tops Boeing's volume order record.

    Lion Air has options for 150 more planes, valued at $14 billion, bringing the deal's total potential value to $35 billion.

    In July, American Airlines placed an order for 200 Boeing planes as part of a massive plane purchase that pitted Boeing against its chief rival, Airbus. American at that time said it would buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing. American has options for 465 more planes from the two manufacturers.

    Before that, the biggest order by volume in Boeing's history came back in 1989, when United Airlines ordered 115 planes.

     
    • mccully  •  Kahului, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Hawaiian Airlines also started buying a new fleet of planes from Airbus......Guess where the CEO is from? Not the US...!!!
      • SB 6 mths ago
        #$%$ scarebus...fly boeing!!!
    • Plano  •  6 mths ago
      It must be all smiles at Alcoa- Worlds best Aluminum maker
      • Tai-274-Wan 6 mths ago
        what about the steel makers union?
      • Daryl 6 mths ago
        airplanes are not made of steel son....
      • Spyder Man 6 mths ago
        ...and, they are not made much of aluminum anymore either. Try composites!
    • Loquacist  •  6 mths ago
      Shame on American Airlines for buying 260 Airbus jets.
    • KEVIN W  •  Santa Ana, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I work for a Boeing supplier... Business is great right now!
    • Barnabas Collins  •  6 mths ago
      Most airlines in the US buy mainly Airbus but other countries buy Boeing. One day in the future, if you want to travel on a Boeing jet, you first will have to go to another country.
      • Tai-274-Wan 6 mths ago
        That was one disturbing soap opera. Is Johnny Dep still going to play the lead character?
      • Daryl 6 mths ago
        don't forget who wanted to make sure our military re-fueling tankers got built by Airbus...... REPUBLICANS
      • Jim Bob Dandy 6 mths ago
        Daryl, you are flat out incorrect.
    • SB  •  6 mths ago
      yep, there ya go. screw scarebus...fly a real plane, fly boeing!!!
    • Loquacist  •  6 mths ago
      BUSINESS for America!! :) :) :)
    • nogo  •  6 mths ago
      something smell very fishy to me
    • brie  •  San Jose, United States  •  6 mths ago
      yep screw the europeans,we did enough for the #$%$ people after Hitler,go american,also don;t buy chinese,I have found nothing but #$%$ from them.
    • Q10  •  Tacoma, United States  •  6 mths ago
      You - still - need - 1100 - 787's to cover R&D. you have orders for 793 2 years behind.
      You currently build 2 a month, you - need - to - build - 10 to catch up to the current orders!
      You have 2 floors currently open. If you dont open SC,, you will never make goal. GET Patty Murray and the other Boeing Union Puppets out of the way or you will be Broke by this aircraft. 747-8 Cargo 1mil gross takeoff weight,,,,, 1 million lbs. 2 years behind, way to go
      Boeing Union! 767 tanker!?! floor space for needed dreamliner. 747-8 tanker? bigger
      than either the airtrash or 767, and more efficient,, what the hell are we doing? its about fuel
      on station to combat aircraft support. No brainer to me 747-8 tanker. Parts all over the world
      to boot! The orders? lets see if they actually materialize. this could be a smoke and
      mirrors Chicago shuffle.
      • Jim Bob Dandy 6 mths ago
        You sure do know how to write gibberish. Very well written gibberish.
      • Great Northwest 6 mths ago
        It's like Olsen Johnson said in the church in Blazing Saddles. I'm proud that the children were here today to hear that fine example of Western gibberish.
        And Mat old buddy, wait until the line really starts to roll, one every three days from Everett, one for rework every month from slack jaw junction-
    • Spyder Man  •  Hayward, United States  •  6 mths ago
      And, also in the news, "American Airlines, owned by AMR Corporatiion is near bankrupcy. Now, go figure. A company set to buy hundreds of aircraft from Boeing--or Airbus--and they have no money. In fact, American is loosing millkions of dollars each and every quarter. Someone, please explain!
    • Exercise Your Brain  •  San Antonio, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Notice how all the big Boeing 777 orders are for Middle Eastern and Indonesian carriers, the BRIC countries are poised and taking off quick from post recession.
      • Jim Bob Dandy 6 mths ago
        So what? It is a world economy now. What is your problem?
      • Exercise Your Brain 6 mths ago
        Beuregart - it's a statement and observation. What's your problem?
    • Mr. GTO  •  6 mths ago
      Excellent purchases..!! Better than airbus crap..
    • steve  •  Seattle, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Boeing's home is The Northwest{Seattle) not Chicago,why would you move the Headquarters there when this is your HOME.
    • P-38  •  Wenzhou, China  •  6 mths ago
      Seens that a foreign carrier has more support for American than a US based carrier with AMERICAN in its name.
      I travel over 100,000 miles per year and it will NOT be on American Airlines.
    • Paul E.  •  Santa Rosa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Meanwhile the Obama administrarion is trying to keep Boeing from opening a new assembly plant for the 787 in So, Carolina, because it is a right to work state.. So much for freedom of choice for the American worker!!
    • Inkdup1961  •  6 mths ago
      And Obama is trying to act like he had something to do with it, despite his administration suing Boeing for having the nerve to decide where they can build airplanes.
    • Arya  •  San Francisco, United States  •  6 mths ago
      A President has to go to close a sale???!!! WOW! No wonder the occupy movement has so much sympathy.
    • Fred  •  Sacramento, United States  •  6 mths ago
      And so a question....Just where are Boeing's Plants???? Are they employing Americans??? Do real Americans get a piece of the pie??? Or does Boeing plan on building the planes in China??? Mexico??? India??? Canada???....Are Americans getting the jobs or the shaft by Corporations and the US Government...AGAIN?????
    • ross  •  6 mths ago
      I always wonder how these airlines manage to raise the money to buy this many new aircraft. Usually a couple years later they are either bankrupt or cancel most of the delivery anyway. Guaranteed the 230 aircraft are never delivered.
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