The American courier company FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX)
is currently negotiating the acquisition of 25 767-300F freighters from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). The purchase will cost
around $5 billion at list prices. That was discussed on a
meeting of the board of the directors that was held last weekend in Seattle.
The shipping company is currenly the only commercial customer for 767 cargo
jets of Boeing Co. and therefor this
deal will be a valuable sales for Boeing amid competitive market of air
machines in general and in particular cargo airplanes.
The airplanes Boeing 767 were developed in the 80s of last century and are
pioneers in long flights on airplanes with two engines. Over the past decade,
however, they are overshadowed by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and A330 of Airbus.
FedEx currently has 35 unfilled orders for the model 767-300 and adding another
25 on order, will surpass all other companies to become the largest user of
this model at all. According to information published on the website of Boeing,
the cost of aircraft retail is 199.3 million Dollars.
FedEx slid with 0.1%t to 170.77 USD
at 9:54 a.m. in New York, while Boeing was little changed to 146.51 USD.
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