Boeing faces massive MAX bill

The Boeing 737 MAX has been a commercial triumph with more than 5,000 cumulative orders, but with the entire fleet now grounded Boeing must reimburse carriers scrambling to find replacement aircraft

	
Boeing 737 MAX orders: 5,012 (through February 2019)
376 				4,636
Delivered (grounded) 		Unfilled orders


Current 737 output: 52 per month
Airlines with most MAX aircraft
Southwest Airlines	34
American Airlines	25
Air Canada		24
China Southern		24
Norwegian Air		18
Air China		16


Revenue (2018): 	$101bn
Profit: 		$10.6bn
Market value (Mar 19) 	$210.1bn
737 MAX unit cost: 	$121.6m


$94m Monthly cost of reimbursing airlines to replace grounded planes

$500m Cost of software updates (3-6 months)


Sources: Bloomberg, Canaccord Genuity, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images
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