Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) said Friday it would buy 30 737 small passenger jets from Boeing Co., with an option to buy an additional 10.
JAL's latest order put Chicago-based Boeing (Research) ahead of European rival Airbus in a neck-and-neck battle to gain dominance of the commercial airliner market.
The list price for the 30 Boeing jets was about ¥200 billion ($1.92 billion) and it planned to sign the contract this spring.
The list price is generally higher than the price airline carriers actually pay as they get discounts for buying multiple planes.
