© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aircraft of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines taxis behind a Vietjet aircraft at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s VietJet said on Tuesday it will take delivery of up to 12 737 MAX jets next year, out of 200 planes it has ordered with Boeing (NYSE:).
The first batch of the jets will be delivered to its unit in Thailand, Thai VietJet, the company said in a statement, following a meeting between its chairwoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Boeing Global President Brendan Nelson in Hanoi.
On Monday, VietJet signed a memorandum of understanding with Carlyle Aviation Partners for pre-delivery payment financing facility worth up to $550 million to fund its 737 MAX aircraft purchases, it said.
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