Boeing to start 777 freighter assembly

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... 5313.story

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Boeing to start 777 freighter assembly

Boeing Co. said Thursday that it will begin assembly of the first 777 freighter in early 2008 at its Everett, Wash., facility. The plane will be delivered to Air France in the fourth quarter of 2008, Chicago-based Boeing said. More than 90 percent of design work for the new cargo plane is complete, the company said. Boeing has orders for 82 of its 777 freighters, valued at about $20 billion, from 11 customers. The passenger version is one of Boeing's most profitable aircraft and is being built at a peak rate of seven a month as Boeing speeds production of all models to deliver on three straight years of record orders.

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Air France? Will they be delivered dirty? :wink:

sweet!! can't wait to see them! wonder if any of the major all-freight carriers will pick them up.

From Boeing's website:

• Air France - 5 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Avion Aircraft / Air Atlanta Icelandic (leasing company) - 8 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• China Southern Airlines - 6 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Emirates - 8 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• FedEx - 15 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• GE Commercial Aircraft Services (leasing company) - 14 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Guggenheim Aviation Partners (leasing company) - 6 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Korean Air - 5 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• LAN Airlines - 2 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Oak Hill Capital Partners (leasing company) - 6 orders[/*:m:0cd28]
• Qatar Airways - 7 orders[/*:m:0cd28]

2 of the GECAS aircraft are going to LAN, to give them a total of 4.

so FE is the only one... shame. i think it would look great in cargolux colors!