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Paris Air Show 2013 – Wrap-Up

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British Airways Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show. Image from Jason Rabinowitz / Airchive.com.

British Airways Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show. Image from Jason Rabinowitz / Airchive.com.

Even though the business phase of the Paris Air Show wound down on Thursday, orders and announcements continued at a rapid pace. Airbus and Boeing had a great PAS13 ’“ Airbus had 466 orders and commitments for commercial aircraft and Boeing had 442 total.  Here’s some of what happened since our last update:

  • Ryanair converted previous commitments into a huge order for 175 Boeing 737-800s, adding to the 303 -800s that Ryanair flies. As well, they might be placing an order for the 737 MAX by year-end. Ryanair CEO Ryan O’Leary said that ’œit wouldn’t be worth doing’ if the order wasn’t for at least 200 aircraft.
  • Boeing announced that the 737 MAX’s Entry into Service (EIS) will be the 3rd quarter of 2017, about 6 months earlier than previously expected. Among other details released about the 737 MAX, the flight deck will have 4 large ’œlandscape’ displays, and the nose will be 8 inches higher to accommodate the larger fan diameter of it’s advanced LEAP-1B engines.
  • Leasing and finance company, CIT Aerospace, ordered 30 737 MAX 8s.