SMBC Aviation Capital, a Dublin-based aircraft leasing company, has announced the delivery of another Boeing 737-8 Max (MSN 60995) to FlyDubai, the government-owned budget airline in Dubai. It is the third of seven Boeing 737-8 Maxs that FlyDubai will receive as a part of the current agreement. The aircraft A6-FMT wes officially delivered at the Boeing facility in Seattle on September 15. The fourth Boeing 737 Max is slated to be delivered next week to FlyDubai, and the rest of the three aircraft will follow the delivery in the fourth quarter, i.e., end of 2021.
The delivery flight of A6-FMT headed off from Seattle to Dublin for refuel and crew change, taking 9 hours. Then, the new aircraft arrived at the home base of FlyDubai with a stopover in Amman, Jordan. The previous two aircraft were delivered with a stopover in Shannon before completing the final journey to Dubai.
The aircraft is powered by two CFM LEAP-1B28 engines. Similar engines are equipped on FlyDubai’s previous two aircraft. FlyDubai took the delivery of its first 737-Max from SMBC Aviation on July 15. Similarly, the second aircraft was delivered on August 10.
On May 25, 2021, SMBC Aviation Capital had concluded an agreement with the US-based aerospace Boeing Corporation to purchase 14 737 Max airplanes following its successful return to the service with extensive fixes after nearly two and half years of grounding worldwide.
Seattle, September 15th 2021: SMBC Aviation Capital is pleased to announce the delivery of one Boeing 737-8 MAX MSN 60995 equipped with two CFM LEAP-1B28 engines to flydubai. Congratulations to flydubai on the third of seven Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft to be delivered. pic.twitter.com/BXzj5Ep5y5
— SMBC AviationCapital (@SMBCAVIATION) September 15, 2021
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