OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Flyr airline announced that it will lease six Boeing (NYSE 🙂 737 MAX planes from Air Lease Corp. The aircraft would be delivered in the first half 2022.

In a late Tuesday statement, Oslo-based carrier AK Air announced that four other aircraft are available for delivery in 2023.

The recently formed https://www.reuters.com/article/flyr-ipo-idUSL5N2KZ26Q airline launched its first flights in June this year, betting that a recovery in demand from the COVID-19 pandemic will help it compete with established Nordic players SAS and Norwegian Air.

Flyr will rent the MAX 8 plane version, which can carry 210 passengers according to Boeing’s website.

According to the carrier, it hopes to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by flying the aircraft.

Fly stated that the Boeing 737-8 produces an average of 14% less carbon dioxide than other models.

European regulators in January lifted https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-idUSKBN29W17U a 22-month ban on flights of the Boeing 737 MAX after a design and pilot training overhaul in the wake of crashes that killed 346 people earlier.