British Airways to buy 200 Boeing 737 MAX jets

Roll up! Roll up! Who dares be first to board the BREXIT DEATHLINERS?

Boeing Co. announced its first deal for 737 Max jets since a March grounding that followed two deadly crashes, landing a $24 billion agreement with British Airways owner IAG SA.

The airline group signed a letter of intent for 200 of the single-aisle planes, Boeing said in a statement Tuesday. IAG, led by a former 737 pilot, would take delivery of the planes between 2023 and 2027 assuming the deal is formalized.

"I wouldn't ask anybody to do something I wouldn't do myself," IAG Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh, who flew 737 jets for about 18 years, told reporters at the Paris Air Show. "If you ask me, I would get on board a Max tomorrow."

Quite a tall order.

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