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Article: UPS ORDER REVIVES 767 LINE COMPANY ORDERS 27 BOEING PLANES TO ADD TO ITS GROWING FLEET.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 6, 2007
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Byline: P-I NEWS SERVICES
An unusually large order from UPS Inc. will add life to The Boeing Co.'s aging 767 line, regardless of whether the Air Force eventually chooses versions of the plane for its tanker fleet.
UPS announced Monday that it was adding 27 Boeing 767- 300ER freighters to its fleet. Boeing said it was the largest order of 767 freighters since UPS ordered 30 of the jets in 1993.
Atlanta-based UPS said it expects the new planes to be delivered between 2009 and 2012. The freighters are worth more than $4 billion at Boeing's list prices, although customers typically negotiate steep discounts.
UPS said the twin-engine, wide ...