DTN News: AIRSHOW-FACTBOX-Civil Plane Orders At Farnborough....NSI News Source Info # 807

(NSI News Source Info) FARNBOROUGH, England - July 22, 2010: Following is a summary of commercial plane orders at the July 19-25 Farnborough Airshow (** order announced Wednesday):
** AMERICAN AIRLINES
American Airlines (AMR.N) exercised 35 Boeing (BA.N) 737-800s, pushing numbers of the aircraft in its narrowbody fleet up to 195.
** GAZPROMAVIA (GAZP.MM)
The airline of Russia's Gazprom signed a letter of intent for 10 Sukhoi SuperJet 100s.
** ALAFCO (ALAF.KW)
The Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease and Finance Co. has converted its existing firm order for 12 Airbus A350-800's, placed in 2007, into the higher capacity A350-900 model.
** CRECOM
The Malaysian carrier will buy 50 MC-21 passenger jets from Russia's Irkut, a unit of state-controlled UAC (UNAC.RTS).
** THAI AIRWAYS
The carrier will place a preliminary order for seven more Airbus (EAD.PA) A330-300 planes, worth $1.5 billion at list prices, an industry source said.
** QATAR AIRWAYS
The Middle Eastern airline ordered two Boeing (BA.N) 777s.