United Airlines has placed a huge order for 270 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The order is the biggest placed by a single airline in the past ten years and the largest in the history of United Airlines. The order is fairly weighted in Boeing’s favor, with just 70 of the orders going to Airbus.
For weeks now we’ve been hearing rumors that United Airlines was to place a mammoth order. The rumors have now been confirmed with the United States carrier placing an order for 200 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, alongside a further 70 A321neo aircraft from Boeing’s rival Airbus.
The new aircraft ordered
Let’s look at the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft ordered by United Airlines first. Including 30 aircraft that have been delivered, United Airlines now has commitments for 380 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Of the 200 new orders today, 50 are for the fairly standard MAX 8 variant. The remaining 150 are for the largest of the MAX family, the MAX 10.
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