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Delta plans to purchase 40 $4 billion Boeing 737 jets

The Columbian
Published: June 11, 2015, 12:00am

CHICAGO — Delta Air Lines will enter into an agreement with Boeing to purchase 40 737-900ER planes valued at about $4 billion at list prices, and will add smaller Embraer jets after it ratifies a tentative agreement with its pilots.

The 737 order will take the total for the model to 140, Delta said in the statement. A 737-900ER costs $99 million at list price, before the discounts that are customary in the industry. Delta plans to deploy the jets as replacements for other narrow-body aircraft scheduled to be retired through 2019.

Delta will also acquire 20 Embraer 190s held by Boeing and previously operated by another carrier, the airline said in the statement. The E190s will enter service in the fourth quarter of 2016 and will be used on domestic routes.

The announcement comes after the carrier said Tuesday it would commit to add a new 100-seat jet model to its mainline fleet under the airline’s proposed contract agreement with pilots.

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