FIA2022: Delta Air Lines Orders 100 Boeing 737-10 MAX

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FARNBOROUGH – Delta Air Lines (DL) has booked an order for 100 Boeing 737-10 MAX aircraft with options for 30 additional planes, along with an agreement to re-configure its 29 Boeing 737-900(ER) fleet. 

This announcement comes in after a long hiatus of Boeing orders for the Atlanta-based carrier. The 100 planes will be based throughout all of Delta’s hubs and will “perfectly fit the airline’s current pilot and hub structure,” as noted by Mahendra Nair, Senior Vice President of Fleet and TechOps at Delta.

The 737 MAX 10 planes will begin joining the fleet in 2025, when the airline expects to have at least 29 airframes delivered. In an orchestrated fashion, the 737-900ERs will be retrofitted with brand-new interiors and “continue to fly for at least 25 more years,” as noted by Nair.

The new MAX planes will provide Delta a 30% reduction in fuel consumption, according to Nair, and will allow the airline to strengthen its hubs with more capacity and a larger premium seating configuration, which is expected to take at least 29% of real estate inside each plane.

This order marks an excellent first day of the Farnborough Air Show for Boeing.

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