New chill between U.S., Russia freezes Boeing out of jet order [View All]

By Dominic Gates

Seattle Times aerospace reporter

Boeing has lost a huge potential order from Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot for 22 787 Dreamliners, company sources said.

The deal was all but sealed last June, requiring only the approval of the Russian government. Worth $3.2 billion at list prices, it would have been about $2.2 billion with standard discounts as estimated by aircraft-valuation firm Avitas.

But steadily worsening political relations between the U.S. and Russia have killed it and given Airbus a big, though still-unannounced, win for its A350 rival to the 787.

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The Russian news agency Interfax quoted an Aeroflot source Wednesday saying the carrier will likely finalize a deal to buy 22 Airbus A350s later this year.

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