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The Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing photo.
Less than three years after Boeing decided to build the 737 MAX, the company is reporting that orders for the single-aisle aircraft has topped 2,000, worth US$209 billion at list price.
That is faster than any other Boeing airplane in history, it said.
“Two thousand orders at this stage in the program is a remarkable achievement,” said Keith Leverkuhn, vice-president of the 737 MAX Program.
The final assembly of the aircraft will begin this summer.
Launch customer Southwest Airlines is expected to fly the airplane in the third quarter of 2017. It has ordered a total of 200 aircraft.
Other major customers include WestJet and Air Canada with 65 and 61 airplanes respectively.
