Boeing nets €5.7m Air Lease jet deal

Boeing Co opened the Farnborough air show with a $7.2bn (€5.7m) order from Air Lease Corp for 75 of its new, fuel-efficient 737 MAX aircraft.

The firm order is for 60 of the MAX 8 version and 15 of the MAX 9, Chicago- based Boeing said yesterday at the show outside London. Boeing’s recent tweaks to the MAX, including winglets to help save fuel, helped win over Air Lease its CEO Steve Udvar-Házy said.

“The airplane we looked at last year and the first few months of this year is now a totally different plane.”