Boeing bags biggest order with $21.7bn Lion Air deal

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Boeing has bagged its biggest commercial order after signing a deal worth $21.7bn (£14bn) with Indonesian airline Lion Air.

Indonesia's largest private carrier has placed an order for 230 short-haul 737 planes.

The deal includes an option for another 150 aircraft worth an estimated $14bn.

It comes just days after Boeing announced a deal to sell 50 of its 777 jets to Emirates Airlines for a list price of $18bn.

The US planemaker said the Lion Air order, when finalised, would be its largest ever "by both dollar volume and total number of airplanes".