(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines expects deliveries of Boeing Co.'s 737 Max 10 aircraft to be delayed until at least 2027 as it faces federal security and criminal reviews, Bloomberg reported. News reported on Sunday.
In July 2022, the airline announced it would purchase 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft worth approximately $13.5 billion at list price, with an option to purchase 30 more, with plans to begin accepting aircraft in 2025. I was aiming for it.
“We were already anticipating that if it were to be introduced in 2025, it would be in the second half of the year,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian told Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday. . “I think it will take another year or two.”
Bastian said Delta was “satisfied” with the safeguards it negotiated against potential delays in the Max 10 purchase agreement, but declined to be more specific, according to the report. .
Bastion told Bloomberg that the Boeing 737 Max has “several issues that need to be addressed” and that the company is in ongoing discussions with Boeing.
Delta Air Lines and Boeing did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report.
Boeing has been under fire since January 5, when the door plug of a 737 MAX plane blew off during a flight, leaving frightened passengers exposed to the elements.
Earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that its 737 MAX production audit of Boeing Co. and supplier Spirit AeroSystems found multiple instances in which the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.
(Reporting by Jubee Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Marler and Aurora Ellis)
