First Order for Passenger 747-8 Boeing Has Secured Its Long Awaited First Order for the 747-8 Intercontinental After Securing a Us$5. 5bn (a$7. 0bn) Order From A380 Customer Lufthansa. The Purchase Comprises of 20 Firm Orders and 20 Options. While Lufthansa is the First Airline to Commit to the 747-8i, Emirates, Cathay Pacific and British

So after an initial rebuff a syndicate of Australian and international private equity firms has succeeded in its debt-financed “off market” bid to acquire 100 per cent of Qantas for $5. 60 a share, valuing the airline at over $11 billion. The consortium is led by Macquarie Bank (limited to a less than 15 per