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April 4, 2007

Boeing 787 sales top 500

EVERETT (AP) — Boeing has sold more than 500 of its new fuel-efficient 787 passenger jets and is looking for ways to speed production rates, the company said Tuesday.

The plane's program chief Mike Bair said Boeing is studying ways to increase production rates for the 787. But he said a likely production speedup would only occur after the first 112 airplanes are produced in 2008-09.


 
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