Delta was the last of the major U.S. carriers to order Max planes from Boeing in recent years.
The Max 10 model is the largest of the narrow-body Max family and doesn't yet have government approval. Boeing hopes to win approval for the planes before the end of the year. Regulation passed in the wake of the two crashes will require new planes to be outfitted with a cockpit alert system.
Delta's CEO, Ed Bastian, had previously hinted at an order for Max planes. When asked at a recent investor conference about a potential order of the narrow-body planes, Bastian said:"We've been trying to get a deal done with Boeing on that … hopefully we'll be able to figure that out."Most of Delta's new orders in recent years came from Europe's Airbus.
In 2017, Delta was in the middle of a trade dispute between Boeing and Canada's Bombardier, the then-producer of C-Series narrow-body planes, which Delta ordered. Boeing Bombardier was selling the planes below cost, a case it eventually lost. Airbus later took over the program, renaming the planes the A220.
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