Aircraft
Air Italy Accepts First Boeing 737 Max
Delivery ceremony in Seattle marks start of fleet renewal
Boeing vice president of sales Ihssane Mounir (left) congratulates Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker on his acceptance of Air Italy's first Boeing 737 Max 8. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing vice president of sales Ihssane Mounir (left) congratulates Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker on his acceptance of Air Italy's first Boeing 737 Max 8. (Photo: Boeing)

After a celebratory countdown at Boeing’s Future of Flight Aviation Center in Seattle, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker oversaw the unveiling of the first Boeing 737 Max slated for delivery to Air Italy on May 11. Delivery of the airplane—the first of an order placed by Qatar Airways for 20 Max jets scheduled for lease to Air Italy—marks the start of a rebuilding process expected to result in a complement of 50 airplanes in all at the Italian carrier by 2022.


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