CHICAGO ¨C ANA Holdings Inc. gave Boeing Co.¡¯s 787 Dreamliner a vote of confidence by ordering 14 more of the jets as part of a $16.6 billion shopping spree a year after regulators grounded the composite aircraft.
ANA¡¯s 70-plane purchase Thursday tilted toward Boeing, with the U.S. maker accounting for all 40 long-haul models in the deal, with a list value of about $13 billion. France-based Airbus, seeking to crack Boeing¡¯s grip on Japanese airlines¡¯ wide-body fleets, sold 30 narrow-body jets.
¡°I wouldn¡¯t call this a split order: Boeing won,¡± said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with Teal Group, a consultant based in Virginia.
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