Air Canada flies with Boeing
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Manufacturing News, Source : TheManufacturer.com
Published : 25 Apr 2005 16:08
Air Canada has announced a major order with Boeing to replace the air carrier’s widebody fleet.
The estimated $6 billion deal will include as many as 96 Boeing 777 and 787 planes. The specifics call for firm orders of 18 777s, plus purchase rights for 18 more; and firm orders for 14 787s, plus options and purchase rights for 46 more.
With this deal, Air Canada is the 18th airline to select the 787, known as the Dreamliner, bringing the total number of announced firm orders and commitments to 217.
The Dreamliner is designed to use 20 percent less fuel than airplanes of comparable size, and provides up to 45 percent more cargo revenue capacity. Passenger innovations include a new interior environment with higher humidity, wider seats and aisles, larger windows, and other conveniences.
"Our decision to modernize our fleet with the 777 and 787 Dreamliner will move Air Canada into a clear leadership position among North American international carriers with the world's two newest and most efficient twin-engine, long-haul airplanes," said Robert Milton, president and chief executive officer of ACE Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Air Canada. "The superior customer comfort and operating economics of these aircraft will put us in the company of the leading European, Middle East and Asia Pacific carriers."
Air Canada's 777 deliveries are scheduled to begin next year with the arrival of three 777-300ERs in 2006. The carrier's first 777-300ERs will operate its Vancouver-Tokyo service. Air Canada's first 787 is scheduled for delivery in 2010.
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