Southwest Airlines orders 40 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth US$4.68b
Southwest Airlines has ordered 40 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth US$4.68b at list price to help modernise its fleet, the airline said, making it the planemaker's largest global customer for the updated narrowbody. Southwest converted options it held over the MAX 8 jets into firm orders, with 10 to be delivered each year from 2019 to 2022, the airline said Thursday. "This is first and foremost an extension of our fleet modernisation strategy," Southwest CE Gary Kelly said. "We have a very strong business case to replace older 737-700 aircraft given the superior operating economics of the MAX 8." Southwest is the world's largest operator of 737 jets, with more than 700 of the airplanes. The airline has now ordered nearly 300 Boeing MAX jets, the most of any customer, a Boeing spokesman said. <br/>
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Southwest Airlines orders 40 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth US$4.68b
Southwest Airlines has ordered 40 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth US$4.68b at list price to help modernise its fleet, the airline said, making it the planemaker's largest global customer for the updated narrowbody. Southwest converted options it held over the MAX 8 jets into firm orders, with 10 to be delivered each year from 2019 to 2022, the airline said Thursday. "This is first and foremost an extension of our fleet modernisation strategy," Southwest CE Gary Kelly said. "We have a very strong business case to replace older 737-700 aircraft given the superior operating economics of the MAX 8." Southwest is the world's largest operator of 737 jets, with more than 700 of the airplanes. The airline has now ordered nearly 300 Boeing MAX jets, the most of any customer, a Boeing spokesman said. <br/>
