From kls Tue Sep 3 01:16:50 1996 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: Boeing launches 757-300 launched at Farnborough Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Chicago Software Works, Menlo Park, California Date: 03 Sep 96 01:16:50 Message-ID: Boeing kicked off Farnborough with an announcement of 68 orders valued at $6.3 billion, including the launch order for the 757-300. Notably, the 747-500X/600X were *not* launched at the show, and Boeing says it will not happen later in the show. (Airbus is planning their round of announcements for Tuesday.) The 757-300 was launched with a single $875 million order for 12 plus 12 options by Condor Flugdienst, a German charter operator owned by Lufthansa. First deliveries are scheduled for 1999. They'll be configured with seating for 252 passengers, a 20% increase over the 210 single-class seats in Condor's current 757-200s. No word on engine choice but with the exception of one leased oddball, Condor's 757-200s have PW2040s (the only PW-equipped passenger 757s I've seen with them instead of PW2037s), so PW seems likely. Here's a summary of the 68 orders Boeing announced: Air Berlin 737-400 (1) Airtours 767-300(ER) (1) Ansett Worldwide 737-700 (10) 737-300 (6) 767-300(ER) (9) British Airways 747-400 (4) (plus 10 existing deliveries moved up) 757-200 (3) 777-200 (3) ILFC 737-xxx (5) 757-200 (5) 767-300(ER) (5) LOT Polish Airlines 737-400 (2) 767-300(ER) (1) Maersk 737-500 (3) According to Boeing, these 68 orders bring Boeing's order total for the year to 405 aircraft, broken down as follows: 737 227 747 61 757 35 767 31 777 51 -- Karl Swartz |Home kls@chicago.com |Work kls@netapp.com |WWW http://www.chicago.com/~kls/ Moderator of sci.aeronautics.airliners -- Unix/network work pays the bills