{"id":5113,"date":"2019-06-18T19:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:54:41","slug":"boeing-737-max-boosted-by-iag-plan-to-order-200-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=5113","title":{"rendered":"Boeing 737 MAX Boosted by IAG Plan to Order 200 Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) – Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX jet received a boost on Tuesday after British Airways-owner IAG signed a letter of intent to order 200 of the planes and said it was confident that it would return to service in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing said the deal had a value of more than $24 billion at list prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IAG said the mix of 737-8 and 737-10 aircraft, to be delivered between 2023 and 2027, would be powered by CFM Leap engines and used across a number of its airlines including British Airways, Vueling and Level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MAX 737 was grounded in March following two deadly crashes, and Boeing has been working on a software fix to get the jet back flying by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IAG Chief Executive Willie Walsh said he had experienced Boeing’s MCAS anti-stall software in person, adding it was “very helpful to see it in operation” and to “understand the changes” that Boeing was proposing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It gave me confidence both in terms of the aircraft and the changes that Boeing introduced,” he said at the announcement of the deal at the Paris Airshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am confident in Boeing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing shares rose 2% on the announcement. The company is working towards a certification flight with regulators soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing commercial airplanes boss Kevin McAllister said the decision of when the MAX flies again was in the hands of the regulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Alistair Smout Editing by Jane Merriman and Mark Potter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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