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http://qz.com/140495/boeing-might-be-ab ... rom-dubai/October 28, 2013
In further proof that a fight between legacy and upstart regional airlines is heating up, the Dubai-based Emirates Airline is in “advanced negotiations” (paywall) to purchase 100 long-haul passenger jets from Boeing for $30 billion, according to the Financial Times.
The purchase—which Emirates has said it would not comment on—would be the largest order Boeing has ever received. (The US aircraft maker’s largest order of passenger jets has so far been 230 737-jets for $22.4 billion, sold to Indonesia’s Lion Air last year.)
The purchase would add to Emirate’s already large fleet.
The carrier now owns the world’s largest fleet of wide-body passenger jets,
the largest fleet of Boeing’s twin-engined 777 jetliner (and it is currently looking at Boeing’s more fuel efficient model, the 777X),
as well as the largest fleet of the Airbus 380.
By 2020, Emirates hopes to be flying 70 million passengers a year.
The carrier hasn’t responded to a request for comment of the order.
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