Russia’s UTair Aviation has agreed to buy 40 Boeing Co. 737s, the jet maker said on Wednesday at the Paris Air Show.
“Our decision to further expand our Next-Generation Boeing 737 fleet is based on its high efficiency,” said Andrey Martirosov, UTair CEO.
UTair is one of the largest Boeing operators in Russia with a fleet of over 30 Boeing airplanes. The new order is comprised of seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s.
Boeing said it still has to finalize the deal with UTair.
“UTair’s choice of the Next-Generation 737 shows its confidence in the Boeing single-aisle product family, which features incredible economics and operational capability,” said Marty Bentrott, Boeing’s vice president of sales for Russia, Central Asia and Middle East.
Boeing’s 737 has been largely overshadowed at the air show by Airbus’s A320 new engine option, or neo. The European jet maker finalized a deal with India’s IndiGo for 150 A320neo aircraft as part of what Airbus calls the biggest order in aviation history. That order was previously announced in January but not finalized until the air show.
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