Avia Solutions Group, which leases aircraft and provides related services, has ordered 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, with an option to order 40 additional jets, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

ASG and Boeing jointly announced the order on November 12, with the Lithuania-based but Ireland-registered company ordering 80 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with the purchase split between 40 firm and 40 optional orders.

(ASG), the European ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance) provider, has ordered 80 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The deal consists of 40 firm orders for B737-8s plus 40 options. The order is the first to be placed directly with Boeing by the Dublin-based group,

对波音公司来说，这是一个重大利好。Avia Solutions Group已下单订购40架波音737 Max 8喷气式飞机。今天宣布的这笔交易还包括Avia额外购买40架飞机的选择权。根据Cirium Ascend估计的交付价格，这笔订单对737 Max 8型号的承诺价值约为21.7亿美元。 737 Max系列此前因两起致命事故而遭到全球停飞，一直备受严格审查。然而，随着机队重新投入使用，像Avi

Avia Solutions Group placed an order for as many as 80 Boeing Co. 737 Max jets as the aircraft charter operator prepares for growing demand for so-called wet leases during peak travel months.

Boeing received its first order after reaching a deal with striking machinists, but it still faces a difficult road ahead.