Boeing on Tuesday reported another 75 cancellations for its 737 Max jetliner in March, as the coronavirus crisis worsened disruptions from the grounding of its best-selling jet.
The US plane maker posted a total of 150 Max cancellations in March, including 75 previously reported from Irish leasing company Avolon.
New cancellations from buyers included 34 of 135 aircraft ordered by Brazil's Gol.
Gol confirmed the cancellations and said it reached agreement with Boeing on "cash compensation and changes to future orders and associated payment schedules".
"Gol remains fully committed to the 737 Max as the core of its fleet and this agreement further enhances our successful long-term partnership with Boeing," Gol chief executive Paulo Kakinoff said.
Gol now has 95 remaining firm orders for 737 Max aircraft.
The cancellations come as Boeing tries to untangle delivery commitments after halting output of the Max in January after delays in returning it to service.
Boeing shares closed down 4.3 per cent to $141, down $6.33.
Facing a 13-month freeze on deliveries of the Max and disruption to larger planes due to the coronavirus epidemic, Boeing said it handed over 50 planes in the first quarter, barely a third of the 149 from a year earlier.
That was the lowest since 1984 for the first quarter.
The company posted orders in March for 12 787 Dreamliners, a 767 freighter and 18 pre-Max versions of the 737 for the P-8 maritime patrol programme.
For the first quarter, it posted 49 new orders, or a negative total of 147 after cancellations.
After further accounting adjustments representing jets ordered in previous years but now unlikely to be delivered, Boeing's adjusted net orders sank to a negative 307 airplanes.
The pandemic has forced Boeing and European rival Airbus to cut production in the face of plunging demand, cash problems at airlines and logistical difficulties in delivering aircraft.
Boeing remains in talks with regulators seeking approval to return the plane to service.
Last week, it said it was addressing two new software issues with the Max flight control computer.
Major US airlines, suffering an unprecedented downturn in demand due to the coronavirus, on Wednesday said they agreed in principle on the terms of $25 billion (Dh91.83bn) US government payroll aid.
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It's up to you to go green
Nils El Accad, chief executive and owner of Organic Foods and Café, says going green is about “lifestyle and attitude” rather than a “money change”; people need to plan ahead to fill water bottles in advance and take their own bags to the supermarket, he says.
“People always want someone else to do the work; it doesn’t work like that,” he adds. “The first step: you have to consciously make that decision and change.”
When he gets a takeaway, says Mr El Accad, he takes his own glass jars instead of accepting disposable aluminium containers, paper napkins and plastic tubs, cutlery and bags from restaurants.
He also plants his own crops and herbs at home and at the Sheikh Zayed store, from basil and rosemary to beans, squashes and papayas. “If you’re going to water anything, better it be tomatoes and cucumbers, something edible, than grass,” he says.
“All this throwaway plastic - cups, bottles, forks - has to go first,” says Mr El Accad, who has banned all disposable straws, whether plastic or even paper, from the café chain.
One of the latest changes he has implemented at his stores is to offer refills of liquid laundry detergent, to save plastic. The two brands Organic Foods stocks, Organic Larder and Sonnett, are both “triple-certified - you could eat the product”.
The Organic Larder detergent will soon be delivered in 200-litre metal oil drums before being decanted into 20-litre containers in-store.
Customers can refill their bottles at least 30 times before they start to degrade, he says. Organic Larder costs Dh35.75 for one litre and Dh62 for 2.75 litres and refills will cost 15 to 20 per cent less, Mr El Accad says.
But while there are savings to be had, going green tends to come with upfront costs and extra work and planning. Are we ready to refill bottles rather than throw them away? “You have to change,” says Mr El Accad. “I can only make it available.”
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