Aircraft
ILFC backs booming 787 sales and finds new lessees
An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year

An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year along with a 777-300ER, for which ILFC was the launch customer) has brought total announced orders for the new twin-aisle twinjet to 634 from 45 customers since its launch in April 2004.

The lessor, described by Boeing Commercial Airplanes president Scott Carson as “a friend of Boeing,” also has signed for 10 Boeing 737s and converted one option, the total business being valued at $8.8 billion at catalogue prices.