Reporting its blockbuster earnings last month, Boeing
Well, cry Boeing a river, folks, but Boeing's "problem" just got worse.
Boeing's amazing, incredible, ever-expanding tail
Over the weekend, Boeing announced that a backlog "tail" that's already reached disturbing proportions is about to get even bigger. On Sunday night, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines signed on the dotted line to acquire 50 (count 'em, 50!) of Boeing's 777 passenger aircraft.
This haul would be worth $18 billion if the planes went for list price, making it Boeing's biggest airplane sale ever already.
"7" must be your lucky number
So $18 bilion. (And another $6 billion for the engines to power them, built by General Electric
And for those keeping score at home, the 100 Boeing 777s Emirates has ordered, or intends to order, exceed the 90 orders the airline placed for Airbus's A380 superjumbo jet. It's also 100 A350 airplane orders that won't go to Airbus, as it struggles to get its new A350-1000 redesign out the door.
Foolish takeaway
All in all, I'd say it's looking like a great day to be a Boeing shareholder. Investors are bidding the shares up 2% in response to the news, and they're right to do so.
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