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Article: Air India to buy 68 Boeing planes
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 12, 2006
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Air India to buy 68 Boeing planes
NEW DELHI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- India's state-owned Air India
signed an agreement with Boeing Wednesday to buy 68 commercial
airplanes with 350 billion rupees (7.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the
next five years, Indo-Asian News Service reported.
The order, the largest ever by an Indian air carrier, covers 23
Boeing 777s and 27 Boeing 787-800 Dreamliners for Air India and 18
Boeing 737-800s for its wholly owned subsidiary Air India Express.
The deal ...