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| Vietnam's VietJet to buy 100 Boeing planes for US$11.3b |
| 2016-05-23 |
| [News Asia] Delivery of the Boeing planes is expected to run from 2019 until 2023, when VietJet will have a fleet of more than 200 planes of both Boeing and Airbus to accommodate its expansion plan. HANOI: Vietnam's VietJet agreed a firm order of 100 Boeing Delivery of the Boeing planes is expected to run from 2019 until 2023, when VietJet will have a fleet of more than 200 planes of both Boeing and Airbus to accommodate its expansion plan, the carrier said in a statement. In a statement, VietJet said the deal was "the largest ever single commercial airplane purchase in Vietnam aviation", and was penned in front of the Vietnamese and American presidents. United States President Barack Obama is on a three-day trip to the communist nation. The airline also signed a US$3.04 billion deal for engines made by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies, for the 30 Airbus A321 planes that it ordered in November 2015. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 I'll assume there will be a formerly restricted technology transfer of maintenance devices to include the avionics and sensor code libraries. Flight deck and flight controls[edit] Boeing plans no major modifications for the 737 Max flight deck, as it wants to maintain commonality with the 737 Next Generation family. The 737 Max will, however, feature four new large-format display screens supplied by Rockwell Collins. These are 15.1-inch (380 mm) landscape LCD displays, in use on the 787 Dreamliner, that will increase pilots' situational awareness and efficiency. Boeing also plans to add more fly-by-wire control systems to the 737 MAX family, although Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh said that changes would be "very minimal." Boeing has confirmed that fly-by-wire controls will be added to the spoilers.[40][41] |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-05-23 17:25 |
| #1 Isn't normalization wunnerful? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-05-23 09:10 |