Boeing 747-8 Launch Customer Cargolux Orders Three More 747-8 Freighters Cargolux 747-8 Freighter.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2007-BOEING: Boeing 747-8 Launch Customer Cargolux Orders Three More 747-8 Freighters Cargolux 747-8 Freighter(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19032007 SEATTLE - Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that launch customer Cargolux has placed a follow-on order for three Boeing 747-8 Freighters, valued at $845 million at list prices, and added two options.

This brings the Luxembourg-based cargo operator's total 747-8 Freighter order to 13 airplanes, two options and 10 purchase rights. "The outstanding economics of the 747-8 Freighter was decisive in its selection as the centerpiece of our future fleet," said Uli Ogiermann, chief executive officer of Cargolux. "Equally important was the environmental performance of this airplane. With...