737 Max Orders Help Boeing Crush Airbus at Farnborough Airshow

The once grounded airliner stages a big comeback.

Thom Patterson

Friday, July 22, 2022 at 04:00 PM ET

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Delta Air Lines ordered 100 737 Max 10s—now rebranded as 737-10s. [Courtesy: Delta Air Lines]

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Boeing's 737 Max marked a significant comeback at the 2022 Farnborough Airshow, securing 176 aircraft orders, notably including 100 737-10s from Delta Air Lines, and outperforming rival Airbus.
The event, the first major airshow since the COVID-19 pandemic, signaled a ramp-up in air travel and renewed airline investment, with Boeing leading in new airliner orders.
In contrast to Boeing's success, Airbus received a lower-than-expected 85 orders at the show, with its top executives leaving earlier than anticipated.

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Boeing’s 737 Max led airliner orders this week at England’s 2022 Farnborough International Airshow, representing a comeback of the beleaguered single-aisle jet.

Three years after Max airplanes were grounded in the wake of two deadly accidents, multiple Max variants garnered the lion’s share of Boeing’s 176 orders, eclipsing total orders for airliners manufactured by rival Airbus.