TURKISH AIRLINES FINALIZES BOEING 737 ORDER
Seattle Post Intelligencer
March 8 2010
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Turkish Airlines has finalized an order for 20 Next-Generation 737
airliners — 10 737-800s and 10 737-900ER (Extended Range) jets —
Boeing announced Monday.
"The 737-800 is the backbone of the Turkish Airlines fleet and proves
its value on a daily basis offering unmatched levels of efficiency
and reliability," Marlin Dailey, vice president of Sales, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, said in a news release. "The 737-900ER will fit
seamlessly into Turkish Airlines’ operations, sharing the same pilots,
systems and nearly 100 percent spares commonality with the airlines’
current Next-Generation 737 fleet."
The 737s will features the 787 Dreamliner-based Boeing Sky Interior.
The order, which Boeing previously posted to its Orders & Deliveries
Web site as from an unidentified customer, is worth $1.6 billion at
current list prices, although airlines generally get steep discounts.
Turkish Airlines currently operates 66 Boeing airplanes, including
58 Next-Generation 737s. The carrier announced an order for 20 Airbus
A320 aircraft, with options for 10 more, in January.
Such deals are why Boeing President, Chairman and Chief Executive Jim
McNerney signed onto a letter last week saying a proposed U.S. House
of Representatives resolution condemning the 1915 Turkish massacre
of Armenians as "genocide" was a bad idea because it would jeopardize
U.S. exports to Turkey.