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UAL Boosts Boeing with Follow-on 737 Max Order
With a new order for 25 airplanes, United Airlines now expects to receive 94 Boeing 737 Maxes in 2022 and 2023.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in October 2018. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by Colin Brown Photography)
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in October 2018. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by Colin Brown Photography)

United Airlines has placed an order for 25 Boeing 737 Max jets for delivery in 2023 and moved forward the delivery schedule for 40 previously ordered Maxes to 2022 and another five to 2023, according to a memo to employees sent Monday from the airline’s chief commercial officer, Andrew Nocella. Already scheduled to receive 24 Max jets in 2023, United now expects to take a total of 94 of the narrowbodies in 2022 and 2023.