LE BOURGET, France, June 19, 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) today announced that the two companies have finalized orders for 63 airplanes worth approximately $8.8 billion at current list prices.
ILFC will expand its fleet with a new order for 50 additional 787 Dreamliners. Today's order also includes 10 Next-Generation 737s. In addition, Boeing and ILFC disclosed an order booked earlier this year exercising options for two 787-8 Dreamliners and one 777-300ER (Extended Range), which was previously listed on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site and attributed to an unidentified customer. Pictured here in ILFC liveries are (from top to bottom): a 787, 777 and 737.
With today's announcement, ILFC becomes the largest customer of the 787 Dreamliner to date, with 74 airplanes on order -- 73 787-8s and one 787-9.
ILFC is the international market leader in the leasing and remarketing of advanced-technology commercial jet aircraft to airlines around the world. ILFC owns a portfolio valued at more than $48 billion, consisting of approximately 900 jet aircraft.
