China Airlines maybe first airline to purchase Boeing 747-8 for passenger use.
(Taiwan Economic News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Taipei, May 3, 2006 (CENS)–China Airlines (CAL), Taiwan’s leading airline company, is reportedly to
choose Boeing as its next-generation passenger plane supplier instead of Airbus, and intends to purchase 10 Boeing 747-8 passenger planes in the near future.
The new planes will be of an advanced model in Boeing 747 family and feature long-distant flight and high loading capacity. CAL is estimated to spend US$2.5
billion on the purchase It is reported that CAL might sign contract with Boeing for the procurement deal by the end of June to become one the first buyers of the
latter”s new model plane. Market observers indicated that