Aircraft
Week’s Order Take Tops $11.3 Billion Worth of Airliners
Buying spree pads backlog totals at Boeing, Airbus and Embraer
EasyJet plans to increase the size of its fleet to 304 Airbus A320-family jets by 2018. (Photo: EasyJet)
EasyJet plans to increase the size of its fleet to 304 Airbus A320-family jets by 2018. (Photo: EasyJet)

Updated version of story originally posted on September 17

A series of new order announcements involving no fewer than three major civil airframe makers signaled the end of a late-summer sales lull last week, as airlines went on a buying spree reminiscent of July’s Farnborough Air Show. The value of the week’s orders totaled some $11.3 billion at list prices and involved 118 airplanes ranging in size from the Embraer E175 regional jet to the Boeing 787-9 widebody.