Boeing receives Malaysian, Iraqi airline orders
Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysia Airlines confirmed Monday it has placed a firm order for 35 Boeing narrow-body 737-800 aircraft.
The deal with Chicago-based Boeing also provides Malaysia Airlines with options for an additional 20 aircraft.
The firm order has a list price of $2.6 billion, although the estimated actual price of the transaction, according to analysis by the Seattle Times, is $1.6 billion.
Built in Renton, Wash., the 130-foot-long 737-800, a direct replacement for the 737-400 and an indirect replacement for the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90, can carry nearly 1,600 cubic feet of belly cargo in the model's standard passenger configuration.
Boeing also confirmed reports Monday that it finalized a deal to provide the government of Iraq with 30 next-generation 737s and 10 787 Dreamliners. The list price of the deal would be $3 billion, but the Seattle Times pegged the total sale at closer to $2 billion depending on which variants are ultimately ordered.
The order, with Iraqi national carrier Iraq Airways, will be booked once the final contract has been signed, Boeing officials said.
Boeing receives Malaysian, Iraqi airline orders
