United Airlines has ordered four more Boeing 787-9s.
The deal, disclosed by Boeing at the Farnborough air show, has a list-price value of $1.1 billion, and was previously listed by the airframer as being for an unidentified customer.
United has 25 787-9s in service, plus 12 Dreamliners of the -8 variant, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows. It also has 14 787-10s on order.
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