Vietnamese carriers VietJet and Bamboo Airways unveil Boeing deals worth $15 billion on the sidelines TrumpKimSummit by jeffmason1 TrongKhanhVu Live HanoiSummit updates:
HANOI - Vietnamese carriers VietJet and Bamboo Airways formally announced on Wednesday deals with Boeing Co to buy 110 planes worth more than $15 billion as the fast-growing companies look to expand their operations in Asia and beyond.
Boeing said the VietJet purchase, which was previously on its order books as an unidentified order, took the Vietnamese carrier’s MAX orders to 200 jets and included 80 of its latest 737 MAX 10 model. Bamboo, owned by property and leisure company FLC Group, is also in talks to buy 25 narrow-bodied Boeing 737 planes, Chairman Trinh Van Quyet told Reuters.
Bamboo plans to launch its first international flights in second quarter this year, with initial destinations in Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore, he added, ahead of non-stop flights to the United States late this year or early next. Trump and Kim Jong Un meet in Hanoi on Wednesday for their second summit, with Trump holding out Vietnam as a model of economic success that isolated North Korea could follow.
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