Boeing announces $27 billion order from flydubai for 225 737 MAXs

From left: Emirates Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Flydubai Chief Executive Ghaith Al-Ghaith, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President & Chief Executive Kevin McAllister during the announcement the agreement at the Dubai Airshow on November 15. (Reuters)

DUBAI: Boeing on Wednesday announced an order from Gulf airline flydubai for 225 medium-haul 737 MAX aircraft with a list price of $27 billion (SR101.25 billion), hailing it as the “largest-ever single-aisle jet order” from a Middle East carrier.
The announcement, made at the Dubai Airshow, came just hours after rival Airbus said it had secured the biggest-ever order in its history to supply 430 medium-haul A320s to US investment firm Indigo Partners at a catalogue price of $49.5 billion.