Silk Air Agrees to Purchase 54 Boeing 737 Jets
Silk Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 (image courtesy of Boeing)
Silk Air has agreed in principle to buy 31 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft as well as 23 Next-Generation 737-800s.
At list prices, the deal is worth $4.9 billion, although carriers typically get volume discounts.
Boeing has confirmed the preliminary deal, but has not posted it officially on its website as a firm order as of yet.
“We continue to see very strong growth within the region and these new aircraft will position SilkAir well,” the unit’s Chief Executive Officer Marvin Tan said in a statement. The carrier undertook “detailed evaluations and extensive negotiations with both Airbus and Boeing” before placing the order, he said.
Silk, which is the regional arm of Singapore Airlines, will more than double the size of its fleet with this order by 2021 to serve the exploding Asian commercial aviation market.
Category: Airnation
Isn’t it amazing how this design has lasted so long? We first saw the nose of the 737 (which Boeing used for the 707, 727, 737) back in ’58 and we’ll probably be seeing it for another 30 years!
It really is. And Boeing realized after making 757 that the 37 was still better!