Matt Molnar
2008-02-14, 01:28 PM
Dow Jones Newswires, via Marke****ch:
Iraq reportedly to buy 40 Boeing aircraft worth $6 billion (http://www.marke****ch.com/news/story/iraq-reportedly-buy-40-boeing/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C0824E5-2D9F-4528-8293-D4E819D7E11C%7D)
By Hassan Hafidh
Last update: 3:33 a.m. EST Feb. 14, 2008
AMMAN (Zawya Dow Jones) - The Iraqi Transport Ministry will soon sign a contract with Boeing Co. worth $6 billion to buy 40 aircraft in what appears to be a step to facilitate increasing traffic to and from Iraq, the official al-Sabaah newspaper reported Thursday.
"The ministry will sign in the nearest future a contract with the U.S. Boeing Co. to purchase 40 aircraft of different sizes to be added to the Iraqi Airways fleet," the paper quoted deputy transport minister, Bankin Rikani, as saying.
The national carrier will receive the new planes in 2013 and 2014, he said. Read more... (http://www.marke****ch.com/news/story/iraq-reportedly-buy-40-boeing/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C0824E5-2D9F-4528-8293-D4E819D7E11C%7D)
List price $6 billion, but they're probably getting a price somewhere around "on the house." :?
Iraq reportedly to buy 40 Boeing aircraft worth $6 billion (http://www.marke****ch.com/news/story/iraq-reportedly-buy-40-boeing/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C0824E5-2D9F-4528-8293-D4E819D7E11C%7D)
By Hassan Hafidh
Last update: 3:33 a.m. EST Feb. 14, 2008
AMMAN (Zawya Dow Jones) - The Iraqi Transport Ministry will soon sign a contract with Boeing Co. worth $6 billion to buy 40 aircraft in what appears to be a step to facilitate increasing traffic to and from Iraq, the official al-Sabaah newspaper reported Thursday.
"The ministry will sign in the nearest future a contract with the U.S. Boeing Co. to purchase 40 aircraft of different sizes to be added to the Iraqi Airways fleet," the paper quoted deputy transport minister, Bankin Rikani, as saying.
The national carrier will receive the new planes in 2013 and 2014, he said. Read more... (http://www.marke****ch.com/news/story/iraq-reportedly-buy-40-boeing/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C0824E5-2D9F-4528-8293-D4E819D7E11C%7D)
List price $6 billion, but they're probably getting a price somewhere around "on the house." :?