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Air Canada chooses Boeing 737 MAX to renew their narrowbody fleet Agreement includes 61 firm orders plus 18 options and rights to purchase an additional 30 MONTREAL — Air Canada has announced that it purchased 61 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to renew its mainline narrowbody fleet. The deal also includes a number of options that could put the total order up to 109 aircraft. The new aircraft will replace Air Canada’s existing mainline fleet of Airbus narrowbody aircraft, creating one of the world’s youngest, most fuel efficient and simplified airline fleets. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017 with 2
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aircraft, then 16 aircraft in 2018, 18 aircraft in 2019, 16 aircraft in 2020, and 9 aircraft in 2021. “We are pleased to announce our agreement with Boeing for the purchase of 737 MAX aircraft as part of the ongoing modernization of Air Canada’s fleet,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and CEO of Air Canada. “Renewal of our North American narrowbody fleet with more fuel efficient aircraft is a key element of our ongoing cost transformation program,” he stated. “Our narrowbody fleet renewal program is expected to yield significant cost savings. We have estimated that the projected fuel burn and maintenance cost savings on a per seat basis of greater than 20 per cent will generate an estimated CASM reduction of approximately 10 per cent as compared to our existing narrowbody fleet.” Air Canada is also considering a potential replacement of its Embraer E190 fleet with more, larger, cost-efficient, narrowbody aircraft better suited to their network strategy. The agreement also allows Boeing to purchase up to 20 of the 45 Embraer E190 aircraft currently in Air Canada’s fleet. The company will be reviewing various options over the next six months for the remaining 25 Embraer E190 aircraft including continuing to operate them or replacing them with a yet to be determined number of aircraft in the 100 to 150 seat range.
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