Signature of a contract with Qantas Airways for an additional 31 737-800s has boosted Boeing’s orders for 2007 beyond the 1,200-aircraft mark. Including the Qantas deal, worth $2.3 billion at list prices, Boeing booked 67 orders for the week ending 18 December, taking its total net intake to 1,213.

Boeing had already surpassed its previous record order intake, 1,044 aircraft in 2006, but is expected to end the year behind Airbus, which had booked 1,095 net orders by the end of November. Combined orders are therefore expected to exceed 2,400, up from 1,843 in 2006 and beating the 2005 record of 2,057.

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