Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) delivered some good news to Boeing (NYSE: BA) shareholders earlier this month, announcing it would exercise options to buy 34 additional 737 MAX 7 airplanes on top of the 100-plane order it had announced back in March.
Southwest has been one of Boeing's key customers since the airline's inception, and the order is a welcome relief for Boeing after what has been a tough stretch for the 737 MAX, and this smaller variant in particular. On this clip from Motley Fool Live , recorded on June 10 , Motley Fool contributor Lou Whiteman talks with "Industry Focus" host Nick Sciple about what the order means for both Southwest and Boeing.
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