Boeing books 9 orders, 737s for India Navy

Published 9:09 am Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Boeing Co. added nine new orders to its commercial airplanes backlog this week, including a request from India’s Navy for 737s.

India’s Navy had announced in January that it would buy eight P8 long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft (a derivative of the 737) from Boeing. The orders were just added to Boeing’s books this week.

Boeing also added an order for a 737 from an unidentified customer, according to the company’s Orders and Deliveries Web page.

The requests bring Boeing’s net order total to 79. The company has won 170 gross orders but has received 91 order cancellations this year.