沙航旗下LCC Flyadeal取消30架737 Max订单，改采A320
Boeing loses big order for 737 Max aircraft
2019-07-07 BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48899588
Flyadeal, the low-cost airline Saudi Arabian airline, has cancelled an order
for 30 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
The decision follows the crashes of two 737 Max jets, the first in Indonesia
in October followed by one in Ethiopia in March, which killed 346 people.
Since then the aircraft has been grounded and Boeing has been working on a
fix that will satisfy regulators.
Boeing said that flyadeal had decided not go ahead with the provisional order
because of "schedule requirements".
The deal, which included an additional option to purchase 20 more 737 Max
aircraft, was worth $5.9bn at list prices, but the airline would have been
offered a discount on that price tag.
Instead flyadeal, which is controlled by state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines,
will operate a fleet of Airbus A320 planes.
The loss of Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET302 in March was the second fatal
accident involving a 737 Max in the space of five months.
A near identical aircraft, owned by the Indonesian carrier Lion Air, went
down in the sea off Jakarta in October 2018.
Crash investigators have concentrated their efforts on the aircraft's control
system and Boeing has been working with regulators to roll out a software
upgrade.
There is no date when the aircraft might be cleared to fly again.
Last week Boeing announced that it would give $100m to help families affected
by the two crashes.
The payment, stretching over several years, is independent of lawsuits filed
in the wake of the disasters, which together killed 346 people.
Lawyers for victims' families dismissed the move.