Adds particulars of ANA fleet, prior engine sort
Adds particulars of ANA fleet, prior engine sort
SEATTLE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Boeing Co BA.N is near a deal to produce extra 787 Dreamliners to Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc 9202.T in what can be the U.S. planemaker’s first industrial order announcement to this point this yr, trade sources mentioned.
The deal for the Common Electrical-powered plane is a lift for the U.S. planemaker after it posted no January orders for the primary time in a long time whereas wrestling with the grounding of its smaller 737 MAX.
Additional particulars weren’t instantly accessible. Boeing declined to remark and ANA didn’t reply instantly to a request for remark.
ANA, which was the launch buyer for the 787 programme in 2011, operates all three fashions of the airplane, the 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10. It has 71 of the planes in its fleet, in accordance with flight monitoring web site FlightRadar24.
ANA makes use of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC RR.L engines to energy its present 787 fleet….