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Southwest slows the deliveries of new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

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Southwest Airlines has announced an updated delivery agreement with Boeing to slow down deliveries of new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8
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The company will now receive only 35 Boeing 737 MAX 8s through the end of 2021.

The new plan will level out the fleet count. The first seven of those deliveries is expected this month, with the remainder arriving in 2021.

13 aircraft will be deferred to a later date.

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Iran Aseman Airlines signs MOA for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 SSWL N8703J (msn 42556) BFI (Nick Dean). Image: 934344.

Boeing confirms the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Iran Aseman Airlines, expressing the airlineโ€™s intent to purchase 30 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes with a list price value of $3 billion. The agreement also provides the airline with purchase rights for 30 additional 737 MAXs.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, an aerospace sale of this magnitude creates or sustains approximately 18,000 jobs in the United States. Deliveries would be scheduled to start in 2022.

Boeing negotiated the MOA under authorizations from the U.S. government following a determination that Iran had met its obligations under the nuclear accord signed in 2015. Boeing will look to the Office of Foreign Assets Control for approval to perform under this transaction. Boeing continues to follow the lead of the U.S. government with regards to working with Iranโ€™s airlines, and any and all contracts with Iranโ€™s airlines are contingent upon U.S. government approval.

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