Boeing Sets Third Consecutive Record for Commercial Airplane Orders in 2007; 1,413 net orders (1,423 gross) surpasses 1,044 net orders reached in 2006; Record orders for 787 Dreamliner; Record orders for 737 program; Record orders for Boeing freighters.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 January 2008-The Boeing Company: Boeing Sets Third Consecutive Record for Commercial Airplane Orders in 2007; 1,413 net orders (1,423 gross) surpasses 1,044 net orders reached in 2006; Record orders for 787 Dreamliner; Record orders for 737 program; Record orders for Boeing freighters(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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SEATTLE -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and setting a Boeing record for total orders in a single year.

Boeing also set new order records for the 787 Dreamliner, the 737, and for Boeing freighters.

The 2007 total surpasses the previous Boeing records of...