FlyDubai readies for takeoff with $4 billion Boeing order

Farnborough, England: Boeing won an order from FlyDubai, a Middle Eastern startup airline, for 54 737-800 short-haul planes worth $3.78 billion at list prices.
The budget carrier, which is owned by the Dubai government and plans to begin flying in the middle of next year, will take delivery of the planes from May 2009 through 2015, Boeing said Monday at the Farnborough International Air Show outside London.
FlyDubai will operate to points not already served by Dubai-based carrier Emirates, which is also owned by the state, including cities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. The government is spending $33 billion on what it intends to be the world's largest airport at Jebel Ali.
Of the 54 planes, 50 are new and four will be leased from Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management and are already in Boeing's order backlog.
14/07/08 Bloomberg News/International Herald Tribune

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