Boeing Loses 23 Max Orders as Virgin Australia Remakes Fleet
- Bain’s airline will take only 25 of the jets, starting in 2023
- Planemaker had 27 aircraft sales, 88 cancellations last month
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Boeing Co. lost almost half of a 737 Max aircraft order from Bain Capital’s Virgin Australia under a new agreement that also postpones the initial jet delivery by two years to mid-2023.
Virgin Australia will take 25 of Boeing’s Max 10 jets to serve as the “backbone” of future domestic and short-haul international flights, Jayne Hrdlicka, the budget carrier’s chief executive officer, said in a statement Tuesday. The airline will scrap a deal for 23 of the smaller Max 8 models as it shrinks its fleet after plunging into bankruptcy earlier this year.