Fokker signed a $2-billion deal for 40 airliners.
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The contract signed by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer was for 40 of its new F-100 airliners, with options on an additional 60. Fokker, which called the deal the biggest single order for a European-built airliner, will lease the 107-seat aircraft to operators under a new joint-venture company formed with Guinness Peat Aviation of Ireland and Mitsubishi of Japan.
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