flydubai (FZ, Dubai International) has signed an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for 225 B737 MAX representing the largest-ever single-aisle jet order – by number of aeroplanes and total value – from a Middle East carrier.

Announced during the 2017 Dubai Airshow, the agreement includes a commitment for 175 MAX aeroplanes with purchase rights for an additional fifty. Though the balance of the initial order will be made up of B737-8 and 9s, more than fifty of the first 175 aircraft will be B737 MAX 10s.

The LCC currently operates sixty-three B737-800s and has thus far taken delivery of three out of seventy-five B737 MAX 8s on order from Boeing under a 2013 deal. Deliveries are due to be completed by 2023.