ANA orders 5 Boeing 767 and 5 Boeing 777

In an unexpected move today All Nippon Airways - ANA - announced its order of 5 Boeing 767-300ER and 5 Boeing 777-200ER. The 767s are "gap fillers" until the much delayed 787 Dreamliners arrive. The 777s are intended as replacements for the last remaining 747s.
The deal is worth 2 billion Us-Dollars.
Here is a link:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/21/336420/ana-orders-5-767s-5-777s-in-185.2-billion-deal.html

The biggest order of the year

Yesterday United Airlines placed the biggest aircraft order of this year worth $ 10 bln for each 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 25 Airbus A350 XWB. Furthermore 50 options for each plane have also been signed. This is by far the biggest aircraft order of this year. The planes will be delivered from 2016 to 2019 and will replace Uniteds huge fleets of Boeing 767s and Boeing 747s (pictured).

Here is a link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSGEE5B715B20091208

The Spell has been broken - Korean Air orders 5 B747-8I

Yesterday Korean Air announced it has ordered 5 Boeing 747-8I from Boeing for delivery between 2013 and 2015. So for now, the spell has been broken and Boeing finally has a second customer for the passenger version of its revamped Jumbo Version. The last and - up to now - only order by an airline was in 2006 from Lufthansa!

Here is a link:

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=979

Airbus sold 52 Airbus A 320 to an undisclosed customer

Today it was announced that in November Airbus sold 52 A 320 Aircraft to an undisclosed customer who currently does not want to be named. So the speculation is on, which mysterious airline has concluded this massive plane order?

Here is a link to the story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNGEE5B21PU20091203?rpc=44&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

Boeing 747-8F Leaves the Paint Hangar

The first Boeing 747-8F left the paint hangar last Wednesday and looks quite impressive.
You can see the picture on the Boeing homepage:

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&item=944

Back from Dubai Airshow

Just to give all readers a short update on things to expect. I have returned from last weeks Dubai Airshow which was quite spectacular. In the coming days and weeks I will post my impressions and will release new articles about airlines in the region and specific airline types. Be prepared for a treat on the Ilyushin 76.

The Beast is out - B747-8F roll-out

Yesterday evening, the B747-8F number 1 finally left the hangar where she was built for the first time.

You can see some pictures here:

http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2009/11/night_moves_1.html