Three Boeing 747 cargo aircraft sold this week on the popular site, which is owned by Chinese internet giants Alibaba.com.
According to an Alibaba spokeswoman Chinese logistics giant, SF Express bought two of the planes for a combined total of more than 320 million yuan ($48.3 million. The third 747 went unsold in the online auction, as only one interested buyer signed up.
Six offline auctions over the last two years had apparently failed to find buyers for the aircraft. The sale comes as Boeing winds down production of the 747 the previous world’s largest passenger plane citing low demand. It has already stopped making new passenger versions of the jet but will continue making cargo planes for at least a few years.
Alibaba said the three jets previously belonged to Jade Cargo International, a freight carrier that filed for bankruptcy in 2013. While impressive, the Boeing 747 sale doesn’t come close to matching a record set by eBay. A 405-foot pleasure boat known as the “Gigayacht” was sold for $168 million on the site in 2006.
Post Your Comments