Shandong Airlines to buy 50 B737s

by ORIENT AVIATION 

May 1st 2014

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Twenty-year-old Shandong Airlines, controlled by the Shandong Aviation Group, has agreed to purchase 50 Boeing 737-800s (16) and 737 MAXs (34) for an estimated US$4.6 billion. Read More » The aircraft, when all deliveries are completed by 2020, will almost double the carrier’s fleet to 140 airplanes, with the airline to receive the more fuel efficient B737 MAX airplanes from 2017. Shandong Airlines said the order fits its strategy to expand its fleet to accommodate forecast passenger demand.