Boeing Co., which has a massive supplier base in Ohio, has landed a large order from a new Chinese airline, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. The low-cost carrier Guangzhou-based 9 Air will buy 50 737s, including Next-Generation 737s and 737 Max airplanes, in an order valued at $3.8 billion at list prices. The airline is a subsidiary of Juneyao Airlines.
“The success of Boeing’s market-leading 737 family of airplanes has proven to be a winning formula for low-cost carriers around the world. I am confident that this success will be replicated with 9 Air’s low-cost business model,” said Ihssane Mounir, vice president of sales and marketing for Northeast Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, in a statement.
Boeing has an office in Dayton and has roughly 425 suppliers in Ohio — supporting an estimated 300,000 direct and indirect jobs in the state — and spent about $9.2 billion in purchases from Ohio companies in 2012.
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