MCDONNELL DOUGLAS <MD> GETS BIG THAI AIR ORDER
McDonnell Douglas Corp said it has
received an order from Thai Airways International for one
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Series 30ER aircraft and four MD-11
long-range trijets, plus options for four more MD-11's.
    The company said the nine aircraft, together with two other
DC-10ER's ordered earlier this year by Thai Air, are worth
about one billion dlrs.
    It said the DC-10 is scheduled for April 1988 delivery and
the first two newly ordered MD-11's in September and November
1990, with the others two in October and November 1991.
    McDonnell Douglas said the DC-10 will be powered by General
Electric Co <GE> CF6-50C2 engines and the MD-11's by GE
CF6-80C2 engines.
 Reuter
