Empresas y finanzas
Boeing wins AerCap order for 737 MAX jets worth $10.7 billion
The news confirmed a previous Reuters report that Boeing was close to clinching the long-sought deal.
AerCap had inherited the negotiations from U.S. leasing company ILFC, which it bought last year. ILFC had refused to join a wave of leasing company orders for the revamped 737 MAX, saying the terms must be right, a position later echoed by AerCap.
Last week, AerCap Chief Executive Aengus Kelly said the June 15-21 air show was likely to produce fewer orders this year than in the past, presenting an ideal time to negotiate with planemakers for favorable deals.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner added at the show on Tuesday that the U.S. planemaker would be prudent about how it approached further increases in output of the 737 and that its intention was not to oversupply the market.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by James Regan)