Sentences with phrase «aircraft orders»

As for the largest aircraft order in history?

Dallas - based AMR Corporation, owner of American Airlines, has made the largest aircraft order in history by agreeing to acquire a total of 460 planes from Airbus and Boeing in a transaction worth more than $ 38 billion.

Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus already have a growing backlog of new aircraft orders — 10,000 jets altogether, according to the Wall Street Journal — and the Iran deal has the potential to increase it even further.

Boeing also contributed gains, with shares rising half a percent after announcing it expects a record number of aircraft orders from India.

Signing the deal for Indigo was veteran airline investor Bill Franke, who described it as the largest aircraft order ever.

The boost from Bombardier's biggest aircraft order has vanished.

The gains were led by transportation, which surged 4.7 percent on the back of a more than 30 - percent increase in civilian aircraft orders and a 33.2 - percent increase in marine transport including boats and ships.

Non-defense capital goods ex aircraft orders fell 3 tenths vs the estimate of a rise of 6 tenths.

APC said, «The impeachment plot based on President Buahri's approval for the withdrawal of $ 496 million from the Excess Crude Account for the purchase of 12 Super Tucano aircraft ordered from the United States aimed at rescuing the country from its present security crisis is to us an exercise in futility.

The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is looking into allegations relating to the France - headquartered manufacturer's use of third - party consultants to win aircraft orders, an investigation that began in July 2016.

• David Cameron has visited the Airbus Broughton plant to welcome a deal for new aircraft orders that will protect 1,500 British jobs at Airbus and another 7,500 in its supply chain.

That year, Airbus received 310 aircraft orders, down 65 % from 900 in 2008, and a 78 % drop from its 1,458 orders in 2007.

Aircraft orders were very strong in both months excluding which, along with other transportation equipment, orders were much more subdued» [Econoday].

The chart below shows the year - over-year growth of manufacturers new orders excluding transportation (new orders are down year - over-year even including transportation but aircraft orders are particularly volatile and add month - to - month noise).

To be fair, this rumor has been around since the beginning of the year but Business Traveller is claiming that sources indicate that an announcement of a 12 aircraft order, for deliveries starting in 2019, is imminent.