Japan Airlines orders four 787-8 Dreamliners

Boeing and Japan Airlines (JAL) have signed an order for four 787-8 Dreamliners. The order, which was previously listed on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer, is valued at more than US$900m at current list prices and will expand JAL’s Dreamliner fleet to 49 airplanes. Japan Airlines currently operates the second largest 787 Dreamliner fleet in the world, with 34 airplanes. The carrier is expected to receive its 35th Dreamliner, a 787-9 later this week. With this new order, Japan Airlines’ 787 fleet include 29 787-8s and 20 787-9 airplanes.