State-owned Saudi Airlines has ordered 12 Boeing777-300ER airliners and eight Boeing787 Dreamliners.
Boeing previously attributed the B777 order, which includes an option for 10 more, to an unidentified customer on its orders website. The order is worth $3.3 billion at average list prices, although airlines generally get large discounts.
The orders for eight 787s were transferred to Saudi from Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO, which had 22 787-8 jets on order.
"Our decision to order the Boeing777-300ER is part of a long-term growth strategy to expand and modernize our fleet with newer, more fuel-efficient Model Airplanes, and is based on the airplane's proven efficiencies," Khaled Al-Mulhim, director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines, said in a news release. "We see direct benefit because of the 777-300ER's improved fuel efficiency, seat-mile costs and the economics of operating a twin-engine airplane over long distances."
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