SMBC Aviation Capital has ordered 80 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the largest single order for the re-engined variant from a leasing company.
The deal is valued at more than $8.5 billion at list prices, Boeing says in a statement.
SMBC has also become the 50th customer for the 737 Max series, and takes the programme’s total orderbook to more than 2,400 aircraft.
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"It is 10 years since our business placed its first order with Boeing and we have enjoyed a decade of successful partnership since then," says SMBC Aviation Capital chief executive Peter Barrett. "The 737 Max 8 is one of the most fuel efficient and versatile aircraft available and today's announcement shows our ongoing commitment to the new generation of the popular 737 family, as well as our appetite to keep broadening and deepening our platform in order to service our customers' requirements.”
Flightglobal’s Ascend Online Fleets database shows that, prior to the latest order, six lessors had ordered a total of 371 737 Max aircraft.
Ascend also shows that SMBC has a total of 389 aircraft in its portfolio and a further 140 on order, including 14 737-800s and 110 Airbus A320neos.
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