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A Chinese leasing firm airplanes announced an order for 50 737 MAX aircraft 8, the star product of Boeing, at a time when the manufacturer is going through a deep crisis.
China Development Bank Financial Leasing explained in a statement submitted to the stock exchange Hong Kong which plans to renew its fleet with smaller aircraft consumption of fuel.
At list prices, this order is worth more than $6 billion. The planes will be delivered between 2028 and 2031, according to the report. stock exchange document.
The order comes a day after the manufacturer announced that it would send tens of thousands of employees on partial technical strike. non-unionized in the coming days in the US, amid a strike at its main plants.
This is one of the measures adopted by Boeing to reduce costs and preserve money during the strike 33 thousand workers in the northwestern United States.
The protest, which began with the expiration of the previous collective agreement at midnight on Thursday last week, paralyzes two important assembly plants in Boeing in Renton y Everettwhich produce the 737 MAX -the best-selling aircraft-, the 777 cargo transport aircraft and the military tanker 767, whose deliveries are already experiencing delays.
Boeing also faces strong scrutiny from its regulatory authorities aviation in the US for safety incidents this year.
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2024-09-25 21:12:27