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An airline most famous for bikini-clad flight attendants just placed an $11 billion order with Boeing

From businessinsider.com

Vietnamese low-cost airline VietJet just placed a massive order with Boeing. The 5-year-old airline, which is known for risque PR stunts including bikini-clad flight attendants, ordered 100 737 MAX 200 airplanes. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang watched Vietjet CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner sign the deal. At current list prices, the deal is valued at $11.3 billion, although it's likely that Vietjet received a discount upwards of 50% off list prices. VietJet, which began operations in 2011, has courted controversy in recent years with its risque ... (full story)

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