Boeing and Taiwanese EVA Airways today finalized a historic order for up to 24 787-10 Dreamliners and two 777-300ER (Extended Range) j...
Boeing and Taiwanese EVA Airways today finalized a historic order for up to 24 787-10 Dreamliners and two 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners.
The order, valued at more than $8 billion at current list prices, marks the largest single commercial airplane purchase in Taiwan aviation.
The purchase will help modernize its long-haul fleet to replace aging aircraft and plans to grow its fleet to more than 100 units by 2020.
The 26 new aircraft are scheduled to be delivered from 2017 to 2022. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliners will be deployed on medium-range and long-haul flights and used with the 777-300ERs to be the backbone of EVA’s fleet.
EVA Airways currently operates more than 40 Boeing airplanes and with today's order, the airline's backlog will increase to 37 airplanes, which includes fourteen 777-300ERs, five 777 Freighters and eighteen 787-10s.
EVA had participated in development of the Boeing 777-300ER and became its launch customer in 2005, with 22 of the type currently in fleet.
The 787-10 will be the third and longest member of the super-efficient 787 family. It will be 25 percent better in fuel and emissions than the airplanes it replaces and more than 10 percent better than anything offered by the competition for the future. All 787 will be powered by GE GEnx engines.
