Boeing in Talks With Airlines Around the Globe for MAX Orders -Chief Plane Salesman
June 20 2019 - 4:45AM
Dow Jones News
By Robert Wall and Andrew Tangel
LE BOURGET, France--Boeing Co. (BA) is in talks with other
airlines for 737 MAX deals after British Airways parent IAG SA
(IAG.LN) this week committed to take 200 of the beleaguered
jet.
"We are in discussions with customer for MAX orders," said
Ihssane Mounir, head of commercial plane sales for Boeing. Those
talks involve airlines across the globe, he said at the Paris Air
Show.
The MAX had endured an order lull after two fatal crashes in
less than five months led to the fleet's global grounding in March.
"It's been a devastating set of events," Mr. Mounir said.
Boeing has developed an update for the MAX to fix the flight
control system flaw implicated in the crashes that killed a total
of 346 people on the two planes. Regulators are poised to start
flight testing that fix soon.
The focus for the plane maker, Mr. Mounir said, is safely
returning the MAX to service. "We know we fell short," he said.
Boeing passed on some of the usual fanfare at the air show given
the accidents, including announcing the billions of dollars it
signed in deals at the aerospace extravaganza.
Write to Robert Wall at robert.wall@wsj.com and Andrew Tangel at
andrew.tangel@wsj.com
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June 20, 2019 04:30 ET (08:30 GMT)
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