Aircraft
New Orders Kick Off Launch of Boeing 777X
A series of blockbuster orders placed yesterday at the Dubai Airshow launced the Boeing 777X.
A series of blockbuster orders placed yesterday at the Dubai Airshow launced the Boeing 777X.

A series of blockbuster orders placed yesterday underlined Dubai’s status as capital of the commercial aircraft megadeal, chief among them being an order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft placed by Emirates (termed a “commitment”)–effectively launching the new larger variant of the popular long-range twinjet. Emirates’s 777X order, which consists of 115 -9Xs and 35 -8Xs, was not entirely unexpected as the carrier played a leading role in defining the aircraft, but yesterday marked the largest product launch in commercial airline history (by dollar value) for any OEM.