Boeing’s latest and largest version of its best-selling 737 aircraft unveiled at the 2017 Paris Air Show on Monday was met with interest from airlines worldwide.
Touted as Boeing’s answer to Airbus A321neo, the 737 Max 10 aircraft already has over 240 orders and commitments secured from more than 10 customers, among whom were launch customers at the Pairs Air Show – Lion Air Group, SpiceJet, TUI Group and BOC Aviation.
The Lion Air Group has committed to an order of 50 units, while aircraft operating and leasing company BOC Aviation agreed to 10, subject to internal approvals. The latter took delivery of its 200th Boeing airplane in March 2017 and has an additional 74 737 MAXs on order.
SpiceJet signed an MoU with Boeing valued at US$4.7 billion (at current list prices), split evenly between 20 new orders for the 737 MAX 10 and conversions of 20 of its 737 MAX 8 airplanes from its existing order to 737 MAX 10s.
Also with a conversion deal is the TUI Group, which will convert 18 of its 70 existing 747 MAX orders to the 737 MAX 10.
