Altas Air has confirmed its firm order for 12 Boeing 747-8 Freighters. worth $3.4 billion at list prices. The US cargo carrier has also taken options and purchase rights for an additional 14 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2010.
Source: Flight International
Asked to explain what qualities he would like to see in the next chief executive of Boeing, outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun hints at personally favouring an internal candidate to guide the company into its next era.
Boeing is providing a $425 million advance payment to Spirit AeroSystems in an attempt to steady its embattled supplier in the short term.
Turkish Airlines has struck a deal to lease seven more aircraft from lessor CDB Aviation, including six Boeing 737 Max 8s for its newly rebranded low-cost unit AJet.
