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Delta Places Order for 100 Boeing 737-900ERs
Boeing and Delta Air Lines today announced an order for 100 B737-900ERs worth $8.5 billion at list prices.

Boeing and Delta Air Lines today announced an order for 100 B737-900ERs worth $8.5 billion at list prices. The order was placed as part of Delta’s fleet renewal effort to replace Airbus A320s acquired from its 2008 merger with Northwest Airlines, as well as older Boeing 757s and 767s.

Delta will begin taking deliveries of the 180-seat, extended-range 737-900ERs in the second half of 2013. It will receive 12 aircraft that year, then 19 per year from 2014 to 2017 and the remaining 12 in 2018. “Each aircraft has committed long-term financing,” the airline said.