IAG picks its moment for Max move

The flick of Willie Walsh's pen on day two of Paris air show in June may become the stuff of air show legend - one of those moments attendees recall years later. By signing a letter of intent to acquire 200 Boeing 737 Max jets, and by insisting he believes the still-grounded aircraft will be sa...

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Published in:Airline Business 2019-07, Vol.35 (6), p.8-8
Main Author: Hemmerdinger, Jon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Air shows
Aircraft industry
Airline industry
Boeing 737 aircraft
Jet aircraft
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Summary:The flick of Willie Walsh's pen on day two of Paris air show in June may become the stuff of air show legend - one of those moments attendees recall years later. By signing a letter of intent to acquire 200 Boeing 737 Max jets, and by insisting he believes the still-grounded aircraft will be safe when it returns to the skies, IAG's chief executive single-handedly shifted a narrative that dogged the US airframer for months. The upshot was that Boeing did not tiptoe in and out of Paris, as some suspected it would.
ISSN:2632-6604
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