Overview
- A handover ceremony at Boeing's Seattle factory is scheduled for Sunday, with President Luong Cuong listed to attend on a preliminary itinerary.
- Company and state documents indicate this will be VietJet's first 737 MAX delivery since its 2016 order, which was expanded in 2018.
- Reuters reports a second aircraft could be delivered in October, citing a person with direct knowledge who was not authorized to speak publicly.
- VietJet, the presidential office, and the foreign affairs ministry did not comment, while Boeing referred questions to the airline.
- The timing tracks with Hanoi's strategy to narrow its U.S. trade surplus after a 20% tariff was imposed in August, and it would diversify a fleet now dominated by Airbus models.