Making America Great Again -- Boeing Seals Huge Mideast Dreamliner Deal Worth Billions; (Sort Of) Surprises Airbus -- November 12, 2017

Updates

Later, 7:45 a.m. Central Time:  wow, wow, wow. The original post was posted just a couple of hours ago. The story at that link has been updated, and a story at the Los Angeles Times has confirmed that Boeing surprised Airbus by getting their deal signed first. Airbus still holds out hope they will also seal a huge deal. Buyers are still comparing the Dreamliner against the Airbus workhorse, the A380. The Boeing 787-10 typically lists for $312.8 million. Delivery will begin in 2022.

Boeing builds the 787 at its plant in North Charleston, SC, which President Trump visited in February. 

Original Post

 

Do you remember this post from November 9, 2017?

Fake news: lead story at Yahoo!Finance right now, a Bloomberg story with this headline -- "Trump's $250 billion China haul is big number, little substance." We are barely into the start of the visit, and already that conclusion.

Since then, any number of mega-deals coming out of the China-Trump visit. This next story (see below) is not from China but follows very closely on the heels of this China-Trump visit story:

The Bloomberg article failed to mention this story in ibttimes: Trump's China visit: Boeing inks $37 billion deal to sell 300 aircraft. Three hundred aircraft. 

The newest business deal to be announced during the Trump administration, from Reuters: Boeing appears close to sealing a deal to sell 40 of its longest version of its Dreamliner family to Emirates, and may even surprise Airbus by grabbing an early order from Dubai for 787-10 Dreamliners in a deal worth nearly $15 billion.