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Orders for Boeing 787 Dreamliner set new record

By Katie Johnston

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 04, 2012

Airlines and aviation companies are hungry for the 787 Dreamliner, with 60 customers around the world snapping up 873 planes, making it the fastest-selling wide-body airplane in aviation history, Boeing says. The fuel-efficient plane has opened up new routes such as Boston to Tokyo on Japan Airlines, the first US route to use the 787. Two US airlines have ordered the 787: United Airlines, which plans to start flying the 787 later this year, and Delta Air Lines.

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