Tomorrow is a pivotal day in the Irish Courts regarding the repudiation of the leases, on the one hand good news today that Airbus threw the airline a lifeline and has nearly reached agreement in principle to cancel the book orders, albeit they get to keep the deposits and claim another 846K dollars, whereas Boeing are not playing ball in any shape or form.
One wonders if this is anything to do with NAS suing Boeing and cancelling the 97 Max jets! Boeing Website still shows the NAS orders as live. Lawyers for Boeing basically stating
DUBLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Boeing is not engaging with Norwegian Air’s restructuring proceedings in Ireland or Norway, a lawyer for Norwegian said on Wednesday, a decision that may complicate the airline’s efforts to recover from the brink of collapse.
Kennedy said Boeing wrote to the Norwegian official overseeing Norwegian’s restructuring in that country on Dec. 28 saying that neither Boeing nor its affiliates submit to the jurisdiction of the Norwegian courts.
It is Norwegian Air’s understanding that it is taking a similar position in relation to the Irish process, Kennedy said.