Two Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft are parked at a Boeing production facility in Renton, Wash., on March 11, 2019.DAVID RYDER/Reuters
Azerbaijan airline AZAL plans to postpone a $1 billion contract with Boeing to purchase 10 737 Max jets, a spokesman said on Monday, following fatal crashes involving the aircraft in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Boeing’s top-selling aircraft, the 737 Max, has been grounded worldwide since the March 10 disaster, which killed 157 people and came just five months after a Lion Air crash in Indonesia that killed 189 in a plane of the same model.
Many countries barred 737 Max jets from taking off or landing at local airports.