{"id":145777,"date":"2023-11-24T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=145777"},"modified":"2023-11-25T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T13:04:15","slug":"virgin-australia-orders-six-additional-boeing-737-max-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/virgin-australia-orders-six-additional-boeing-737-max-jets.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia orders six additional Boeing 737 MAX jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virgin Australia<\/strong> announced Friday that it has ordered another six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, bringing its backlog for the MAX Family to 39 aircraft: 14 737-8s and 25 737-10s.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, the airline took delivery of its third 737 MAX 8, named Bronte Beach&#8221;, at Brisbane Airport from the United States.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/10\/virgin-australia-clocks-first-profit-in-11-years.html\">Virgin Australia clocks first profit in 11 years<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The remaining 11 MAX 8s are expected to arrive throughout 2024, which equates to the delivery of a new aircraft almost every month. Deliveries of the MAX 10 are scheduled to begin in late 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Work will begin in the next few days on the $110 million interior refurbishment and product upgrades of the airline&#8217;s 737s. The first refurbished aircraft is scheduled to leave the maintenance shop in Melbourne in early December, and the project will be completed over the next 18-24 months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demand for travel remains high and we continue to grow and renew our fleet, allowing us to offer great value and choice in the marketplace,&#8221; said Virgin Australia&#8217;s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Alistair Hartley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia announced Friday that it has ordered another six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, bringing its 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