Please use this thread for the 2009 weekly updates.

Here is the first weekly order update from Boeing for 2009.

Through January 13, 2009:

13 x 737 UFO

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

No new orders booked this week.

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

For the week 1/21 -1/27:

5 x 737 for Southwest Airlines

Cancelled 15 x 787. Customer not named.

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

Edit: Russia's S7 is the airline that cancelled the 15 787s.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews...20090129?rpc=44

Note that the Southwest purchase is less impressive than it seems. The planes they just signed for aren't due until 2016 and the deal also involved deferring 2010 and 2011 delieveries to 2014 through 2016. Instead of taking 16 737-700 in 2010 and 13 in 2011, Southwest will now be getting only 10 per year. A number of options were deferred as well.

Expect to see more of these sorts of purchase/deferral deals by established airlines looking to avoid short term capital outlays. FedEx's pending 777F deal is another example.

S7 is keeping their 737-800s, however. And they evidently are going to lease 787-8s from, I believe, ILFC.

For the week 1/28 - 2/3:

Identified Ryanair as the UFO for 13 737s.

Cancelled 16 x 787 (No customer named but already reported in other thread as LCAL.)

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

No new orders this week.

Boeing has yet to confirm the Aerolineas order, so that one should pop up once it's finalized.

We have an order this week -- Alaska Airlines for one 737 -- and the cancellation of another 787 (one frame).

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

It's been reported that Hong Kong real estate developer, Joseph Lau cancelled his VIP 787 order.

We have orders this week!

Air New Zealand: One 777-300ER
UFO: Two 777-300ER

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

Also, with the monthly database update for February, Air Niugini is listed as having placed an order for one 787-8 on December 4, 2007. This order had previusly been listed as an UFO.

I am sure AZ's is a 77W, but do we know for sure the UFOs are also 77Ws?

^ Yes, we do know for certain that they are -300ERs as the 777 UFO order was placed on February 27 and is reflected in February's database update.

Got it. Thanks.

Orders for this week:

1 x 777 UFO

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

Orders for this week:

5 x 737 UFO

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

No changes this week.

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

Gulf Air placed an order for 8 787s, meaning we finally have a positive net total of 4.

This would be a conversion of the 8 options they took along with the 16 firm orders placed in March of last year, so nice to see GF feels conditions (and/or price) is right to add to their order.

Perhaps GF picked up some of the canceled slots?

Could be.

They have three A330-200s due and they are scheduled to take the first of ten A330-300s in 2010, but perhaps they either see a window of opportunity to get eight "fat" 787-8s by 2011 or either to allow for even more expansion or perhaps to replace the A330-300s if they now feel it's too large for them for medium-range missions.

Converting the eight options would then allow them to take a second tranche of 16 "lean" planes either starting in 2016 (as originally planned) or earlier (if the slots can be found).

Alaska ordered 4 more 737s this week, and another big wig from the Middle East realised that a 747BBJ might be too expensive after all.

Meh...

I guess Boeing (and Airbus) are doing their usual pre-Air Show trick of holding orders back, when we'll see the floodgates open?

One is unlikely to see floodgates this year. There are some mega-order campaigns pending, but airlines are exercising caution.

Indeed - I was being tongue in cheek.

I think I'll camp out in the Sukhoi chalet this year - where we can all enjoy the view of their new SSJ gracing the skies above Le Bourget!!

Bad, just bad:

Total net orders are at -1 now.

Any bets on who cancelled 787s? Air Berlin had 25 787s on order, and it certainly wouldn't surprise me to see them cancel them. Or could it be ILFC/QANTAS reducing their orders?

I think it might be the 23 UFOs placed in January 2008. The company that supposedly bought them is not an airline and their financial position has imploded in the past six months, which makes me believe they have decided being an airplane lessor is not a smart idea at the moment.

Someone on a.net claims AF has canceled their order for the first 777F, so that might explain the 777 cancellation.

Some think the 787s might belong to AB (Air Berlin), though evidently they just announced their order remains intact.

Also, QR evidently accounts for the 777 cancellation (they used to show 6 on order and now show 5).

The 787 cancellations were from the UFO orders, specifically:

2 787-8s on July 28, 2006
23 787-8s on January 14, 2008

These two orders were undoubtedly by the same customer. There are no other significant changes elsewhere in this month's database -- ILFC, Air Berlin, and Qantas' orders are as before.

As for the 777 cancellation, it looks as if that happened in May, not in April (the weekly update was for transactions from April 29 through May 5). As for Qatar Airways, what happened is they converted a 777-300ER into a 777F -- that's not the cancellation.

Thanks for the updates, TheMightyM.

Now that is has been broken in the press and my NDA is no longer in force, I can confirm that Royal Bank of Scotland was the customer for the 25 787-8s canceled. They also hold 737 and A320 family orders. RBS recently announced a loss in excess of $1 billion USD so I expect they have decided being an aircraft lessor is not prudent at this time and the 737 and A320 orders might also be at risk.

^The thing though is that RBS does not seem to have many outstanding 737/A320 orders. They ordered 20 737-800 and all 20 have already been delivered. On the Airbus side, RBS ordered a A319 and 38 A320 with (through March 31) 34 A320 delivered. So unless there are additional UFO orders -- which certainly is possible -- the potential for additional cancellations seems very limited.

Interesting update this week:

Quick guess, either JAL or ANA have cancelled 5 763s on order and will instead take 5 of the early overweight 787s for the price they would have paid for the 763s.

The other possibility would be LAN, as they also have five or more 767-300ERs still on order.

Maybe its two different customers?

I still am inclined to believe the test frames will become 787 VIPs. Those aircraft will never approach MZFW (even with the Bimmer in the hold) so they should have no problems filling the tanks to the brim and getting 8000+nm distance.

I am more inclined to believe that with DL and the Chinese deferring their earliest deliveries, NH is able to acquire more Tranche One (ZA100-ZA019) aircraft sooner and have decided to take them instead of the 767-300ER. It will give them more experience with the type (important during their one year probation period before the Japanese aviation authority grants them their ETOPs operator certification for the type) and it would give them more seating capacity then the 767-300ERs.

OK, Boeing has update its database through May:

The 767 cancellation was by ANA. Also, the 787-8 order are for RR-powered planes -- and ANA's 787 are to have RR power.

Other highlights:

The 777 cancellation back in early May was by Continental. That leaves they with 7 777-200ERs on order.
The 737 cancellation was by AirTran -- I suspect that the frame was effectively transferred to Aerolineas Argentinas.

The UFOs:

May 18: one 777-200LR.
May 1: 3 737-700s
May 4: 10 737-800s.

So, on the 50-50 chance between JAL and ANA, it turns out to be ANA. So, I take it might indeed be early 788s at a rock-bottom price? Seems like these early 788s might actually become ANA's "787-3s" of choice.


That's surprising, as I thought CO was desperate for additional widebodies, especially with the 787 delays worsening their shortage.

Considering how early NH ordered, their 787's are already at "rock-bottom" prices. Average list when they ordered was $120 million versus the $167 million list it is today. The average list at the time they ordered their 767-300ERs was likely around $150 million, so I would not be surprised if taking a 787-8 "now" is cheaper then taking a 767-300ER "later", especially when you factor in things like the price revision formulas that could lower the acquisition costs if they take earlier delivery of the 787-8.

Don't know where weekly orders are posted...perhaps administrator can transfer.

Changes for week of June 30.

Changes since last update: Nine new orders booked: Aerolineas Argentinas (one 737) and Unidentified Customer(s) (six 737s and two 767s). Identified All Nippon Airways order for five 787s previously listed as unidentified. In the changes category, reduced 737 orders by one, 777 orders by one and 787 orders by fifteen.


Totals look like this at the moment.

2009 Gross Orders 60 2 10 13 85
Changes -3 - -5 -2 -73 -84
2009 Net Orders 57 -1 -3 8 60 1
737 747 767 777 787 Total

Consider it done .

And good to see that there has actually been some activity on the order front for once. Yeah, the QF 787s took everything down, but at least it's something.

And who in their right mind is actually ordering 767s anymore?

The 777 cancellation was LAN for a 777F (they still have one on order).
The 737 cancellation was AirTran -- actually this looks like another case of a plane being not taken up and (re)sold immediately to Aerolineas Argentinas.
There also was a 737BBJ and 787BBJ cancellation earlier in the month.

The 767 order is for -300ERs, no engine specified. Booked June 30. The 737 UFO order for six -800s was also booked on the 30th, but it's not certain that the transactions are linked.

The June 30, 2009 order for 6 UFO 737-800 was from SunExpress. They are Turkish: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Boeing-Annou...ml?x=0&.v=1

And the slowness continues...

Just the COPA order added this week, net total now up to 17 for the year.

Finally a good week again, 12 new widebody orders, not bad:

Identified Egyptair for eight 737s previously listed as unidentified. No neworders listed.

July database update: The Egyptair 737-800 order and the July two-frame 777 cancellation are linked. Yes, Egyptair essentially swapped more 737s for the two 777-300ERs they had on order. Note though that Egyptair is still going to lease 6 77Ws via GECAS.

The 737 UFOs could all be one order: all 11 737-800s were booked on July 28.

The three frame 737-700 cancellation in July is SkyEurope.

For once some actual noteworthy movement again: