Hong Kong, Dec. 22 -- Airbus dominated the order book at the Dubai Airshow last month but the Gulf's leading air show also provided a ray of hope for Boeing with orders for MAX jets from Turkey's SunExpress and also Air Astana.
SunExpress exercised options for 10 MAX 8s, valued at US$1.2 billion at list prices. The leisure carrier had earlier ordered 32 of the type, although none had been delivered. Kazakhstan's Air Astana followed with a $3.6 billion order for 30 MAX 8s, which it is buying for its new LCC subsidiary, FlyArystan.
The orders underscored the fact that despite the MAX's long grounding most airline customers remain confident the type will return to service and become a viable member of the global single-aisle fleet.
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