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- From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose)
- Subject: news on the Boeing 777
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- Subject: Boeing begins major assembly for 777
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- SEATTLE (UPI) -- Boeing Co. said Thursday it has started major
- assembly of its first new aircraft in more than a decade -- the 777
- jetliner, which is slated for delivery in a little more than two years.
- Boeing said employees began work on the first 777 airplane wing at
- the 777 Division near Everett, Wash., by installing about 5,100
- fasteners on a 105-foot-long structure that will become the front spar
- in the plane's left wing.
- ``This marks the start of one of an airplane's major stages -- the
- wing assembly,'' said Dale Hougardy, vice president. ``Meeting this
- program milestone is a significant step in helping us deliver a quality
- airplane on schedule to our airline customers.''
- The spars act as major supports to strengthen the whole wing
- structure, with each wing containing two tapered aluminum spars.
- The 777 is wide-body airliner midway in size between the 747 jumbo
- jet and the mid-range 767, with seating for 305 to 440 passengers.
- Final assembly of the first airplane will begin in late 1993, with
- rollout in March 1994. First delivery to United Airlines will take place
- in May 1995.
- Boeing said it has received 118 firm orders and 95 options for the
- plane, which is believed to have a price tag of about $120 million per
- craft.
- The 777 is expected to cost Boeing at least $4 billion in development
- and initial-production costs.
- Boeing also admitted earlier this month that it had talked with
- German manufacturer Daimler Benz about building a ``super jumbo jet''
- with capacity for 600 to 800 passengers. Analysts believe that project
- would cost $10 billion to get off the ground.
- For the first nine months of last year, Boeing earned $1.29 billion,
- or $3.69 a share, compared with $1.16 billion, or $3.39 a share, in the
- year-ago period. Nine-month revenues were $22.69 billion, compared with
- $21.56 billion.
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- OK, so how many of *you* are going to be out in Seattle for the B777
- rollout next March? Anyone out at Boeing Commercial Airplanes able to
- get some passes to this thing? :-)
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- --Helen
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