List of Boeing 747-8 orders

The Boeing 747-8 airplane has not yet entered service. As of 2008, the following orders have been taken.

Summary table

Notes: ^*There is speculation on who the first BBJ customer is. Three articles [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/20/Navigation/177/207271/Boeing+considers+lengthening+747-8I.html] [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/20/Navigation/177/207308/Business+aviation+in+brief+20+June+2006.html] [http://inflightentertainment.blogspot.com/2006/08/first-orders-taken-for-vip-787-and-747.html] suggest or state that it is the Qatar Government. It has also been suggested that the unidentified customer may be Saudi Arabian Airlines, but the article quoted [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/09/Navigation/180/207144/Orderbook+reveals+Boeing+booked+single+undisclosed+launch+order+for+passenger+747-8.html] does not seem to confirm this. Planes purchased through the Boeing Business Jet division are delivered in "green" condition meaning there are no interiors and external livery paint is not applied. Summary information available at [http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=747&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=747&ViewReportF=View+Report 747 Order & Deliveries page] .

Marketing and sales performance

British Airways announced in late 2006 that they had asked Boeing and Airbus for bids to provide replacements for 34 long-haul airliners and additional aircraft for fleet expansion. BA had considered all variants of long-haul aircraft from both companies, including the 747-8. General Electric and Rolls Royce were invited to provide bids for engines and engineering services. [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9qVpArDVojY&refer=home Bloomberg News 3rd November 2006] ] [ [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/business/october06/24102006/b724102006.html Vanguard October 16th 2006] ] [ [http://www.rolls-royce.com/civil_aerospace/overview/market/outlook/downloads/outlook2006b.pdf Rolls Royce Market Outlook 2006-2025] ]

BA announced on September 27, 2007 that it placed an order with Airbus for 12 of their A380 aircraft, to be powered by Rolls Royce Trent engines. BA also announced an order for 24 Boeing 787 aircraft with the same engine choice at the same time. The lack of a Rolls Royce engine for the 747-8 may also have had an impact on the order. BA is traditionally very supportive of Rolls Royce and is one of the largest RR customers.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=BA opts for A380 and Dreamliner | date=2007-09-27 | publisher=BBC | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7015621.stm | work =BBC News Online | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-27 | language = ]

Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Jim McNerney acknowledged on April 23, 2008 during the company's call with analysts and media to discuss first-quarter earnings. He would like to see more orders for the passenger version of the bigger and more efficient jumbo jet. Only 26 of the 106 orders are for the passenger version, known as the Intercontinental. The rest are for the freighter. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=More 747-8 Intercontinental sales? | date=2008-04-23 | publisher=Seattle PI | url =http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/aerospace/archives/137209.asp | work =Seattle Post-Intelligencer | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-23 | language = ]

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