Boeing sets sights on annual airplane delivery target after slow October. WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N) must deliver 70 narrowbody 737s and 14 widebody787 Dreamliners in November and December to meet its target for 2023, setting the U.S. planemaker up for a sprint over the holiday season.
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Currently, the world's biggest international airline has on order 50 A350-900s, 30 787-9s and 115 Boeing 777Xs. The airline operates 119 A380s, 123 Boeing 777-300ERs and 10 Boeing 777-200LRs. The 777X aircraft will replace the A380s, while the A350s and 787s will eventually replace the 777s.
In January 2016, Boeing confirmed plans to reduce the production rate of the 777 family from 8.3 per month to 7 per month in 2017 to help close the production gap between the 777 and 777X due to a lack of new orders.
A total of 251 Airbus A380s were built and delivered for civil aviation. How many A380s are still flying? As of May 2023, about 130 A380s are in service - but several airlines plan to reactivate more aircraft during the year.
The oldest active 747 aircraft todayThe oldest passenger aircraft in commercial operation is Boeing 747-400 EP-MEE (SN 24383) operated by Mahan Air, a privately owned Iranian airline. IBA Insight Flights shows that this aircraft frequently makes trips between Tehran and Moscow, and last flew on 30th January 2023.
Emirates highest-value single orderIn terms of list-price value, the single-biggest Boeing order was placed in 2013 when Emirates said it would take 150 of the 777X, valued at $76 billion ($83 billion in 2020) with options for another 50.
In response to a question from Simple Flying yesterday, the airline group's CEO, Carsten Spohr, revealed that the decision had turned out to be more important than they realized when it was made a year ago. At the height of the pandemic, things were not looking good for Lufthansa's fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft.