Boeing Places Remaining Overweight 787 ‘Teens’ With Ethiopian

Boeing Co. sold the remainder of its early, overweight 787 Dreamliners that have been in storage for years to meet demand from buyers eager to obtain jetliners that are otherwise sold out through the end of the decade.

Ethiopian Airlines is acquiring six of the models in a transaction valued at £1.3 billion at list prices, Boeing said in a statement on Wednesday. Air Austral already agreed to buy two of the jets nicknamed “terrible teens” for their assembly struggles and places near the start of the 787’s production run.