SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing Co., which has already surpassed a company order record it set last year, added 67 planes to its final order update for 2007, boosting the total past 1,200.
The latest orders, added Thursday to the online tally the aircraft maker updates every week, included 31 single-aisle 737s ordered by Irish airplane leasing company AWAS; another 31 737s ordered by Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.; two widebody 777s ordered by Delta Air Lines; and three midsize 787s going to unidentified customers.
Boeing's order total through Dec. 18 now stands at 1,213.
Airbus SAS is expected to finish 2007 ahead of Boeing, having logged 1,204 orders as of the end of November, the latest total available.