Polish airline may pick 787s

Published 9:00 pm Monday, September 5, 2005

Reuters today http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-09-06T171529Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-215189-1.xml reports that LOT Polish Airline will announce Wednesday that it will order six 787s from Boeing, rather than go with Airbus A350s. That’s according to an unnamed source — either a top executive or a particularly insightful flight attendant —who told the news service that:

Key Quote: “‘As far as I understand, and based on what board members have said, there will be a decision tomorrow, and it will be in line with the management’s recommendation — that means Boeing,’ the source said on Tuesday. LOT declined to comment.”

Elsewhere in the world, start-up Indian airline SpiceJet is poised to order five 737-900ERs from Boeing, Bloomberg News reports. http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=101578 Bloomberg’s getting that from Boeing’s VP for India, Dinesh Keskar, who no doubt knows what he’s talking about.

Key Quote: “SpiceJet, which began flights in May with fares as low as 99 rupees ($2.3), in February ordered 10 Boeing 737-800 aircraft valued at $630 million based on list prices. In June, the airline said it plans to convert an option to buy 10 more into firm orders because it was filling more than 95 percent of seats.”