Boeing Says Value of Orders to Rise in 2011 Helped by 747-8
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Boeing Co., the world’s second-biggest planemaker, expects commercial-jet orders to rise this year in dollar terms because of demand for the new 747-8 and other widebody aircraft.
747-8 Intercontinental sales will pick up this year as potential buyers have been waiting to see progress before signing deals, the company’s commercial sales chief, Marlin Dailey, said in an interview in Phoenix yesterday. The 747-8 Intercontinental, the passenger version of Boeing’s biggest ever jumbo jet, is due to fly for the first time this weekend.