MAS' next-generation Boeing 737-800 arrives today
Published on: Sunday, December 21, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is set to celebrate the arrival the carrier's 100th Boeing 737 here today (Sunday). The aircraft, a Next-Generation of Boeing 737-800, was delivered to MAS in Seattle on Friday. MAS Group Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the 737 had and would continue to be an amazing aircraft the airline with its consistent reliability, unmatched economics and innovation in passenger comfort.
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"We used a 737 for our very first flight in 1972 and we are excited to take delivery of our 100th airplane of its type," he said in a statement Saturday. MAS took delivery of its first 737, a 737-200, in 1972 and had operated the 737-200, 737-300, 737-400, 737-500 and 737-800 as well as 747-400s and 777-200ERs (Extended Range). Boeing Commercial Airplanes Senior Vice-President of Asia Pacific and India sales, Dinesh Keskar, said Boeing was proud of the long running relationship with MAS and honoured to be a part of the special centennial delivery. "The operating economics and capability of the 737 will continue to play an important role in Malaysia's leading airline," he said.
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