Alaska Airlines will acquire 13 more Boeing 737 Max planes despite misgivings from skeptical consumers about the safety of the plane

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Alaska Airlines announced a leasing deal for more Boeing 737 Max aircraft on Monday just days following the end of a 20-month grounding by the Federal Aviation Administration after two fatal crashes.

The deal sees Alaska leasing 13 new 737 Max 9 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation and selling 10 Airbus A320 jets to the leasing company.

“We found an opportunity to sell 10 planes that are not in our long-term plans and replace them with 13 of the most efficient narrow-body aircraft available,” Brad Tilden, Alaska Air Group chairman and CEO, said in a statement read more ⇒

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com