Major Boeing customer Korean Air opts for Airbus in €13bn deal

Boeing has been engulfed in crisis after regulators swooped to examine all parts of its manufacturing processes in the US, following the blowout of a panel on an airborne Max plane above Portland in Oregon in January

Korean Air has passed over embattled Boeing (typically the carrier’s top aircraft supplier) to order 33 Airbus A350 wide-body jets in a $14bn (€13bn) deal as it seeks to streamline its fleet. The move has put the spotlight on Ryanair, whose fleet is based on Boeing planes.

Boeing has been engulfed in crisis after regulators swooped to examine all parts of its manufacturing processes in the US, following the blowout of a panel on an airborne Max plane above Portland in Oregon in January.