Turkish Airlines Orders 7 Boeing 777-300ERs

Turkish Airlines have completed an order for seven extended range 777-300 aircraft worth just under $2 billion at list prices.

The airline, which already operates a total of 65 Boeing aircraft, will add to an order back in April for five 777-300ERs.

“This additional order is a further confirmation of Turkish Airline’s plans for international expansion and their confidence in the abilities of the 777-300ER to help them meet these goals,” said Aldo Basile, Boeing’s vice president of sales for Europe and Russia.

The Boeing 777-300ER can seat up to 365 passengers in three classes and can fly a maximum of 14,685km.  To date, there have been more than 1,100 orders for Boeing 777 aircraft.

The order brings Boeing’s order total for 2009 for all aircraft to 113. The company has also logged 89 cancellations.

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