So the pressure exerted by a number of French MPs on Air France to show "economic patriotism" has come to nothing: a few months after an initial agreement with the French airline, Boeing today announced the acquisition of 25 Boeing 787-9 "Dreamliners". The aircraft has a capacity of 250 to 290 passengers, a range of 14,800 to 15,750 km, and above all lower fuel consumption, at 20% than other aircraft of the same type. The Air France order, signed last December, brings the total number of aircraft of this type already ordered to 305, according to Boeing.
