Describing it as a “very exciting time to be an OEM,” Boeing Business Jets announced that during the past year it has added 21 aircraft worth approximately $3 billion to its backlog. Overall, the company claims a total backlog of 59 aircraft consisting of 33 of its BBJ family and 26 widebodies worth a total of $8.2 billion.
Those numbers were released during a press conference here at NBAA’08 by company president Steven Hill, who added some revisions to the company’s previous tally. According to Hill, last year’s tally of 151 BBJs in service has been amended to include eight 767-300ER VIPs and two 777-200 VIPs that were never considered in the previous total. Also included in the new figures are four BBJs and four BBJ2s sold directly by Boeing in green condition to a leasing company that entered VIP service this year. Based on these additions, Boeing Business Jets now claims a total of 190 aircraft ordered since the company’s beginning in 1996.
