Samoa Airways and Air Lease Corporation (ALC) previously signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Apia, for the lease placement of one new Boeing 737-9 MAX 9 aircraft.

The aircraft was scheduled for delivery in late March 2019 as DQ-TFL and was due to replace its existing 737-800.

The lease was cancelled as a result of the March 2019 worldwide Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

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