Boeing set to ignite sweltering Farnborough Airshow

Boeing 777X one

FARNBOROUGH, England: Boeing will seek to shore up its troubled 737 MAX 10 and 777X (pic) jetliners with orders officially worth over US$15 billion from Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa this week, as the aerospace industry swelters at its largest event since COVID-19.

Industry sources said the U.S. planemaker, struggling to maintain a grip on its duopoly with Europe's Airbus AIR.PA, would strike early at the Farnborough Airshow, which opens on Monday, after months of talks on its largest 737 with Delta.