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Report: Lufthansa plans big 747 order (bizjournals.com, December 5, 2006)

German airline Lufthansa AG plans to order at least 20 of Boeing's new 747-8 jumbo airplanes and take options for 20 additional planes, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal Web site.

The online report said the 20 firm orders, valued at $5 billion at list prices, came at the expense of Chicago-based Boeing Co. rival Airbus and its competing A380 jumbo aircraft.