Orient Thai plans US$2.5b Boeing order
Reuters reports that Orient Thai Airlines plans to order 20 new aircraft, eight Boeing 787-9s and 12 Boeing 737-900s, at a cost of US$2.5b in April 2008, chairman Udom Tantiprasongchai said Wednesday. Delivery of the first plane was expected in 2011 and the new aircraft would replace ageing ones and expand its fleet to 30-35 from 18 now, Udom said. “The new aircraft will help expand our fleet and replace existing ones. We have 18 planes and some of them are due to be decommissioned,” he said.
Prahok @ December 19, 2007