List of Boeing 747-8 orders

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

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Date	Flag	Airline	EIS	747‑8I	747‑8F	Total	Options	Notes
02005-11-15 15 November 2005	Luxembourg	Cargolux [1]	2009		10	10	(10)	Launch customer for 747-8 Freighter (10 purchase rights, not options)
02005-11-15 15 November 2005	Japan	Nippon Cargo Airlines [2]	2009		8	8	6	Launch customer for 747-8 Freighter
02006-05-30 30 May 2006	United States	Boeing Business Jet[3]	2010	1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02006-09-11 11 September 2006	United States	Atlas Air [4]	2010		12	12	14
02006-09-15 15 September 2006	United States	Boeing Business Jet [5]	2010	1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02006-09-26 26 September 2006	United States	Boeing Business Jet [6]	2010	1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02006-10-09 9 October 2006	United Arab Emirates	Emirates SkyCargo [7]	2010		10	10
02006-11-06 6 November 2006	United States	Boeing Business Jet	2010	1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02006-11-30 30 November 2006	United States	Guggenheim Aviation Partners [8]	2009		4	4	2
02006-12-06 6 December 2006	Germany	Lufthansa [9][10]	2010	20		20	20	Launch customer for 747-8 Intercontinental
02006-12-28 28 December 2006	South Korea	Korean Air [11]	2010		5	5
02007-03-09 9 March 2007	Japan	Nippon Cargo Airlines [12]			6	6
02007-03-12 12 March 2007	Russia	Volga-Dnepr [13]			5	5	(5)	Subsidiary AirBridge Cargo will operate the airplanes. (5 purchase rights)
02007-03-19 19 March 2007	Luxembourg	Cargolux [14]	2009		3	3	2
02007-07-10 10 July 2007	United States	Boeing Business Jet		1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02007-07-27 27 July 2007		Unidentified Customer [15]			2	2		The customer is thought to be Guggenheim Aviation Partners[1] but cannot be confirmed.
02007-11-08 8 November 2007	Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific Airways [16]	2009		10	10	(14)
02007-11-12 12 November 2007	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Aerospace Enterprise [17]	2011		5	5
02008-04-17 17 April 2008	United States	Boeing Business Jet	2012	1		1		Unidentified VIP Order
02008-05-20 20 May 2008	Nigeria	Arik Air [18]	2012				3	Letter of Intent
Totals	8	11		26	80	106	47 (29)

Notes: ^*There is speculation on who the first BBJ customer is. Three articles [19] [20] [21] 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 [22] 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.

[edit] 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.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]

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 24 of the 110 orders are for the passenger version, known as the Intercontinental. The rest are for the freighter.^[6]

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