German airline DBA said Monday it would update its fleet by ordering 40 Boeing 737s for delivery beginning next year. DBA cited good experience with the U.S.-built twin-engine planes and said it had been in talks with European competitor Airbus before making the decision. The order will include both the 737-700 and the 737-800 models and would help ensure the Munich-based airline's expansion, which will include flights to Paris beginning in March, board chairman Hans Rudolf Woerhl said in a statement. "We want to grow further," he said. "It is our goal, to be No. 1 in point-to-point traffic within Germany."
