Thaigold From Australia, joined Sep 2003, 314 posts, RR: 2 Posted (9 years 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1673 times:
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The ANA order for 50 7E7's seems like a very large order for a launch customer. Does anyone know which airline placed the largest ever order for a new airliner - both quantity and value??
Or is this the largest ever - which I'm sure Boeing already would have mentioned if it was.....
LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 55 Reply 1, posted (9 years 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1666 times:
The ANA order was the largest ever launch order for Boeing. I'm not sure if this is the largest in history, or if there has been a larger Airbus order.
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Ramerinianair From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1486 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1483 times:
What about WN buying the 737s. From the Beoing web site:
<"The Next-Generation 737-700 was launched in November 1993 with Southwest Airlines' order for 63 airplanes.">
It's larger than the 50 and interestingly, the smallest one I found was 10 orders for the 737-900.
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Mozart From Luxembourg, joined Aug 2003, 2013 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (9 years 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1448 times:
I have no numbers, but I am certain that USSR-time Aeroflot's launch orders for some Ilyushins or Tupolevs in the 60s, 70s or 80s must have been in the hundreds.
NBC News1 From UK - England, joined May 2001, 324 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1285 times:
I definitely read in a yahoo article that this ANA order @ 50 was the largest launch order for an airliner.
It specifically cited the old record being a tie when UAL and Eastern ordered 40 727-100's each.
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I guess the Southwest order doesn't count because the 737 wasn't an "all-new" plane.
That is a good point about the Aeroflot orders....those orders were massive and I would agree that they likely ordered more than 50 as a launch customer for at least one of the airplanes.
Bustraveler From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 102 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (9 years 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1177 times:
I think that when the article stated that the 50 orders for the 7E7 were the largest for a launch customer, they were referring to the purchase price. This, I would think, would be the largest launch order in terms of $$$$.
Flying-Tiger From Germany, joined Aug 1999, 4111 posts, RR: 39 Reply 9, posted (9 years 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 966 times:
All BS. Largest launch order was Crossair's Embraer 170&195 order for 60 + 140 frames. Another major launch order was the 60 + 60 728JET order from Lufthansa, and - even though not a whole new family was launched - Jet Blue's Embraer 190 order for 100 + 100 frames decently fits into this category. Another "award: which doesn't belong to Boeing...
IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6203 posts, RR: 43 Reply 11, posted (9 years 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 839 times:
I wonder where Continental and the Embraer 145 stand. I think perhaps a bit higher than any of the above.
What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.
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