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Azerbaijan airline AZAL to postpone $1 billion Boeing 737 contract

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Azerbaijan airline AZAL to postpone $1 billion Boeing 737 contract

Azerbaijan airline AZAL has confirmed plans to postpone a $1 billion contract with Boeing to purchase 10 737 Max jets, a spokesman has confirmed.

The decision, which it's said is because of "safety reasons" follows fatal crashes involving the aircraft in Ethiopia which killed 157 people and five months earlier a Lion Air crash in Indonesia that killed 189.

The 737 Max jets have been grounded since March, with no word on when they'll fly again.