Avianca Airlines orders 3 787 Dreamliners 

Avianca Airlines orders 3 787 Dreamliners

Nov 15, 2012 (Menafn - AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) --US airframer Boeing BA said that Colombia's Avianca Airlines has ordered three 787 Dreamliners.

The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website and is valued at approximately USD 620m at published list prices, Boeing said.

Boeing said that the current order brings Avianca's total 787 order count to 15 Dreamliners, which includes the 12 787s ordered in 2007. The total order value stands at more than USD 3.1 bn.

The 787 Dreamliner has received more than 800 orders from 58 customers since the launch of the programme, the airframer said.

Avianca said it has a fleet of more than 140 short, medium and long-haul aircraft.

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