Carrier in deal to purchase new Boeing jets

The largest private carrier in the Czech Republic - Travel Service - has agreed with Boeing to acquire two new Boeing 737-900 ER jets. The contract is said to be worth 1.8 billion crowns (the equivalent of around 81 million US dollars). The jets are to be delivered by 2009. The new planes will be able to travel farther than Travel Service's current flotilla - up to 6,000 kilometres, with 200 passengers.