Boeing 40-33, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United States
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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Airways says 'United became the launch customer for the type on July 14, 1978 when it placed an order for 30, with options on 37'; Wikipedia[2]: 'launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978'. The 1978 Piedmonitor newsletter reports the same order without a day.On 14 July 1978 United Airlines ordered 30 Boeing 767-200 twinjets worth US$1.2 billion, giving Boeing the launch customer for its first twin-aisle twinjet. United bundled it with 30 727-200s in a package then billed as the largest single transaction in commercial aviation.
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