The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to a roughly $140 million contract to buy six Boeing 737s for Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights, moving operations in-house from charter operators as the administration pushes to sharply expand removal capacity and target up to 1 million deportations.
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The purchase is a direct government order for Boeing jets worth about $140M for six 737s, a transaction with implications for production planning, aftermarket support and the commercial secondary market; see recent U.S. activity around approvals for additional Boeing jet sales (https://hype.aero/?story=989f674f-159c-403e-b4b4-310c6882142b).
DHS shifting deportation flights from charters to an in-house fleet reduces demand for charter operators and follows reports that political pressure pushed DHS to consider unconventional aircraft acquisitions (https://hype.aero/?story=60d954f4-6016-4788-af4e-4b6e5957517b).
The buy may attract political and oversight scrutiny comparable to other contested federal aircraft procurements, which has influenced program funding and public debate in recent U.S. government aviation purchases (https://hype.aero/?story=ad52a8e3-5be5-492f-94b3-6b363ede2f8c).
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(TR) US builds fleet for deportation (border removal) operations • airporthaber2.com
DHS/ICE acquires six Boeing 737s to expand deportation fleet • Air Data News
(DE) U.S. government buys six Boeing 737s for deportation flights • aerotelegraph.com
U.S. Government Buying Six Boeing 737s to Launch ICE Deportation Airline • One Mile at a Time
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