Paris: City of Flights... Airline execs and fans of flying are gathered this week at the 53rd annual International Paris Air Show. Aside from some aerial acrobatics, cool new toys (electric planes), and we assume a lack of legroom, the show has high PR potential.
CEOs brought their most expensive pens... Here are the big deals that went down so far this week:
- Boeing's crippling order drought for its toxic 737 Max brand was snapped — British Airways parent IAG is buying 200 of them.
- Amazon is leasing 15 Boeings (that brings the total to 70) to continue growing its FedEx-scaring shipping operation.
- The only thing Europe's truly united on is Airbus, the continent's proud Boeing competitor. It unveiled the uncreatively-named A321XLR, a slender single-aisle jetliner for trans-Atlantic hauls.
But what's up with that 737 Max?... Boeing's back to selling planes, but the problems with its former "best seller ever" aren't gone. Here's a status update on the flight delay:
- Boeing finished a software upgrade and new training materials while the model remains grounded during the height of travel (and wedding) season.
- Today, American Airlines' pilots union reveals what it thinks of the new training — It's expected to be "concerned."
- Then Boeing needs regulators' approval to get 737 Max in the air again.
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