United Reaches Deal with Boeing for Up to 200 787 Dreamliners Written 14 December 2022

The New York Times reports, “United Airlines plans to buy at least 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets by 2032 as it replaces aging planes with newer, more fuel-efficient models and pursues international growth, the airline announced on Tuesday.” The deal, expected to be “worth tens of billions of dollars at list prices, comes a little more than a year after United said it planned to buy 270 single-aisle planes – the largest purchase of U.S. aircraft in a decade.” The deal includes an option for 100 additional Dreamliners, as the carrier seeks to “drop 100 Boeing 767 and 777 wide-body planes from its fleet by 2030.”
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