Delta Airlines has announced plans to buy 100 medium-haul Boeing MAX passenger aircraft worth a combined $13.5 billion, in a vote of confidence for the crisis-hit jet.
The gigantic deal, announced by embattled US planemaker Boeing on the first day of the Farnborough Airshow, includes options for 30 more of the planes.
The fuel-efficient 737 MAX 10 planes, the first ordered by Delta, are earmarked for delivery from 2025.
Delta Airlinesadded that the new 737-10 jets would curb fuel use and emissions by between 20-30 percent compared with the aircraft they are replacing.
Until now, Delta was the only US airline to not possess any MAX planes.
Boeing announced that Japanese airline ANA has also agreed to purchase 20 of its smaller MAX 8 jets — an order worth $2.4 billion — plus two 777-8 freight planes.
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