British Airways Orders Boeing Jets

Sat., June 21, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Boeing confirmed Friday at the Paris Air Show that British Airways ordered five Boeing 777 and three 767 jetliners valued at an estimated $1 billion.

The Seattle-based jetmaker said in a statement that it will deliver the 767s next April and May, bringing British Airways’ 767 fleet to 28 aircraft.

Deliveries of 777s will follow in September 1998 and continue at a pace of one a month from January to April 1999 when British Airways’ 777 fleet will number 23.

The 777s will be powered by General Electric GE90 engines, while Rolls-Royce RB211-524 engines will power the 767s.

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