Boeing, Chinese airlines sign 7.2-billion-dollar 'Dreamliner' deal

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Aerospace giant Boeing signed a preliminary deal with the Chinese government, calling for the purchase of 60 of its new 7E7 "Dreamliner" passenger planes, with a list price of 7.2 billion dollars.

"The Boeing Company and officials from the People's Republic of China signed a preliminary agreement for the purchase of 60 Boeing 7E7 Dreamliners by Chinese airlines," the US company said in a statement. "The agreement, which will be finalized at a later date, is valued at approximately 7.2 billion dollars, based on an average list price."

The carriers -- Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and Xiamen Airlines -- will have at least some of the new planes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the...