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(FILES) This file photo taken on Dec. 8, 2015 shows Boeing’s first 737 MAX named the “Spirit of Renton” parked on the tarmac at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington. Boeing reported lower first-quarter earnings and missed analyst expectations April 27, 2016 after announcing a charge of unanticipated costs of $156 million for building its KC-46 military aircraft. Earnings for the quarter ending March 31 were $1.2 billion, down 8.8 percent from the same period a year ago. That translated into $1.74 per share, nine cents below analyst expectations.
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NEW YORK — Boeing Co. is selling 100 aircraft worth about $11.3 billion at list prices to Vietnam’s VietJet as the airline seeks to expand its international and domestic flights.

Aircraft in deals of this size are typically sold at a discount to list prices, however.

Boeing Co. said Monday that the planes, all of which are 737 Max 200 models, will be delivered between 2019 and 2023.

It was the single largest airplane purchase by Vietnam, according to the Chicago company.

The deal was signed in Hanoi, Vietnam, and witnessed by President Barack Obama, who is visiting the country for the first time. VietJet will also buy $3 billion worth of airplane engines from Pratt & Whitney, a manufacturer owned by United Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut.

The second Boeing 737 MAX airplane being built is shown on the assembly line in Renton, Wash.
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, file photo, the second Boeing 737 MAX airplane being built is shown on the assembly line in Renton, Wash. On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of manufacturing activity for April. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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