DUBAI - Boeing's troubled 737 Max aircraft won another boost on Tuesday , as Air Astana said it planned to buy 30 of the planes a day after SunExpress of Turkey ordered 10 of the jets, which were grounded in March.
Before this week's agreements, the last commercial landmark for the jet was in June, when Boeing secured a letter of intent from British Airways parent IAG to buy 200 of the planes. The crisis is one of the most serious in Boeing's 103-year history and has already cost it tens of billions of dollars, amid multiple investigations by US authorities and complaints from victims' families."We have full confidence that Boeing will deliver us a safe, reliable and efficient aircraft," the airline's chief executive officer Jens Bischof said.
Its conduct during the development of the Max has come under scrutiny, particularly on the question of whether it cut corners to quickly launch the new model. "But they can still apply a certain amount of leverage, knowing the value of their custom to the Max's reputation."