JAL to buy 30 Boeing 737s
Reuters, Tokyo
Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL), Asia's biggest airline, said on Friday it would buy 30 737 small passenger jets from Boeing Co., with an option to buy an additional 10.The company said the lis| price for the 30 jets was abou| 200 billion yen ($1.92 billion). JAL planned to sign the contract this spring, it said. JAL said in December it would buy 30 new 7E7 mid-sized airliners from U.S.-based Boeing, with an option to purchase 20 more, making it among the first carriers alono with rival All Nippon Airways Co. to choose the new planes, which are worth about $120 million each. ($1=104.46 Yen)
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