VietJet Air, Boeing announce MoU for 100 737 MAX planes

By Eric M. Johnson

FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - Vietnamese budget airline VietJet Air and Boeing Co said on Wednesday they had reached a provisional agreement for 100 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, a deal worth almost $13 billion at list prices.

Of the 100 aircraft in the memorandum of understanding signed at the Farnborough air show in southern England, 80 were 737 MAX 10 and 20 were 737 MAX 8 variants, Boeing said.

(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; editing by Jason Neely)