Comlux Extends Reach with BBJ Max Orders | Aviation International News

Comlux Extends Reach with BBJ Max Orders

Long-standing Airbus operators switches to BBJ Max as Airbus stalls on ACJ Neo.

Comlux president and CEO Richard Gaona (left) signs a contract for BBJ Max 8 jets with outgoing Boeing Business Jets president Steve Taylor. The deal marks a shift for the European operator, which has mainly been an Airbus operator. (Photo: David McIntosh)

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

December 8, 2014

Long-standing Airbus operator Comlux yesterday ordered a pair of Boeing’s new BBJ Max 8s, which will be the first BBJs in the company’s charter fleet and Boeing’s first BBJ Max order from a Europe-based operator. The two BBJ Max 8s are due to be delivered in 2019 and both will be registered on Comlux’s Maltese air operator certificate, with one likely to be based in the Middle East and the other in Europe.

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