Singapore Airlines Completes Boeing 787-10 and 777-9 Commitment

Singapore Airlines Completes Boeing 787-10 and 777-9 Commitment

Singapore Airlines Completes Boeing 787-10 and 777-9 Commitment. Singapore Airlines signed a firm order for 20 Boeing 777-9 and 19 787-10 aircraft at a White House ceremony on October 23, attended by US President Donald Trump.

The ceremony during Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finalizes a pledge announced by Singapore Airlines last February to acquire the 19 widebodies.

Seated at a table inside the Oval Office, Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister signed the order valued at $ 13.8 billion at list price.

Standing directly behind McAllister, Trump linked the deal to his effort to create jobs in the United States.

"Most importantly, [the order] is about 70,000 jobs," says Trump, then bends to speak directly to McAllister. "And that's 70,000 jobs in this country, right?"

"70,000, this country," McAllister replied.

The main parts of the 787 Singapore Airlines are manufactured outside the US. Especially in Japan for wings and fuselage and in the United Kingdom for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. But other structures of the 787-10 are manufactured in the USA. UU. And they are assembled in North Charleston, South Carolina.

The agreement strengthens Boeing's total sales, taking the company beyond 500 points so far in 2017.

The first customer 787-10 assembled in North Charleston left the factory last month. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the plane to Singapore in the second quarter of next year.