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Singapore Airlines to buy Boeing 777s (not A380s)
Gloat? Me? Pshaw.
ISTANBUL: Singapore Airlines said it might buy more Boeing 777 airplanes so it could continue to grow if there were further delays with the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet. "Boeing 777-300ERs, in our experience, would be a useful alternative to A380s," Chew Choon Seng, the airline's chief executive, said in an interview Saturday. "We could upsize the order if there are further delays with the A380."

Singapore Airlines has 10 firm orders for Airbus's 555-seat A380, the world's biggest commercial aircraft, and said in July that it intended to buy nine more. Since then, Airbus has pushed back the delivery date because of wiring problems, and the carrier does not expect to get the first of the planes until next October, rather than this month as originally scheduled.

Singapore Airlines placed a $3.6 billion order in August 2004 for 18 777- 300ERs and has the option to buy 13 more.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-12-11
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=174664