Bahrain Business: Boeing aims to win $15bn orders at Farnborough – Gulf Digital News

Bahrain Business: Boeing aims to win $15bn orders at Farnborough – Gulf Digital News

FARNBOROUGH, England: Boeing will seek to shore up its troubled 737 MAX 10 and 777X jets with orders officially worth over $15 billion from Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa this week, as the aerospace industry swelters at its largest event since Covid-19.

Industry sources said the US planemaker, struggling to maintain its duopoly with Europe’s Airbus, would strike early at the Farnborough Airshow, which opens today, after months of talks to sell its largest single-aisle jet to Delta.

Reports in March said Delta was discussing an order for 100 MAX 10 planes, and reported last week the airline was also in talks to order around 12 more Airbus A220s in a deal likely be announced tomorrow.

Germany’s Lufthansa is likely to firm up a deal for around 10 large Boeing freighters, including seven of the recently launched cargo version of the 777X, sources said.

None of the parties commented ahead of the show, which is going ahead despite an emergency UK weather warning and restricted rail access caused by record forecast temperatures.

As Britain melts, aerospace firms will do their best to show civil demand is intact after the worst downturn in their history. Rising defence spending will also be in focus as the industry