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United, Southwest buy 73 Boeing jets in blow to Canada's Bombardier
UNITED Airlines said it will buy 40 small planes from America's Boeing Co, dealing a US$3.2 billion blow to Canada's Bombardier's hopes of landing a major customer for its fledgling CSeries programme, Reuters reports.
Bombardier has not had an order in more than a year for the CSeries, a new carbon-composite aircraft whose two models seat between 100 and 160 passengers and are equipped with fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney engines.
Separately, Southwest Airlines Co said it had ordered 33 of Boeing's 737-800 aircraft, a deal it struck in December.
Reuters reported last week that Boeing was poised to snatch at least part of Chicago-based United's order for small jets that seat about 100 passengers.
Boeing 737-700s can seat 126 people and will be flown by United's pilots, reducing its reliance on contractors as a shortage of regional pilots looms in the United States.
Bombardier has not had an order in more than a year for the CSeries, a new carbon-composite aircraft whose two models seat between 100 and 160 passengers and are equipped with fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney engines.
Separately, Southwest Airlines Co said it had ordered 33 of Boeing's 737-800 aircraft, a deal it struck in December.
Reuters reported last week that Boeing was poised to snatch at least part of Chicago-based United's order for small jets that seat about 100 passengers.
Boeing 737-700s can seat 126 people and will be flown by United's pilots, reducing its reliance on contractors as a shortage of regional pilots looms in the United States.
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