United Airlines is placing a huge order for new planes so it can replace aging ones and prepare for growth as the pandemic subsides. United said Tuesday that it will order 200 Boeing Max jets and 70 Airbus planes. The list price for all those planes is more than $30 billion, but airlines routinely get deep discounts — sometimes more than half. United isn't saying how much it's spending. The number of people flying in the United States has hit 2 million on several days recently. That's still below 2019 figures, and international travel is much weaker.
