Chinanews.com, December 23. According to a report from the American Chinese website, on the 22nd local time, Alaska Airlines announced that it would purchase 68 Boeing 737Max passenger aircraft, which exceeded the original plan.
Allegedly, this is Boeing's first order in the United States after it was approved to go around.
According to reports, the new crown epidemic can be described as "making things worse" for Boeing.
Two fatal air crashes caused the 737Max to be banned from flying for nearly two years, and the new crown epidemic has caused severe damage to the aviation industry, and Boeing had to lower aircraft prices.
This time, Alaska Airlines did not disclose the specific purchase price.
Data map: Boeing 737Max aircraft.
Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle, adjacent to the Boeing 737Max model manufacturing plant.
It is said that Alaska Airlines plans to gradually replace all of its Airbus aircraft with Boeing airliners in the next few years, saying that this will save the company a lot of costs.
According to reports, Alaska Airlines is expected to start using 737Max models from the end of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021, and is expected to become the first airline to fly the 737Max together with American Airlines.
In addition, United Airlines will start using 737Max aircraft on the air routes between Houston and Denver on February 11, 2021.
Earlier in December 2020, European low-cost airline Ryanair announced that it had placed an order for 75 Boeing 737Max aircraft, which was the first major order for this aircraft in 20 months since it was grounded due to two major air crashes.
In October 2018 and March 2019, two Boeing 737Max aircraft crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing 346 people in total.
After two air crashes, the Boeing 737Max was banned from flying around the world in March 2019.
In November 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States announced the lifting of the "no-fly order" on Boeing 737Max aircraft.