NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. <BA.N> announced new orders for 47 planes from unidentified buyers on Thursday, worth more than $4 billion overall, including 16 for its new carbon and titanium 787 Dreamliner.
The order pushes the U.S. planemaker's tally to 632 firm orders so far this year, well ahead of European rival Airbus <EAD.PA>, which has confirmed only 222 firm orders this year, but picked up a prestigious 35 plane order from German carrier Lufthansa <LHAG.DE> on Wednesday.
http://www.boston.com/business/artic...re_than_4_bln/
(I wonder if this has anything to do with the EADS announcement?)