Southwest Airlines to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAXs from failed orders?
Southwest Airlines (LUV), a major American low-cost airline, considers to buy up to 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets.…
Boeing 737 MAX
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The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of narrow-body airliners designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is part of the 737 series. The MAX series features new engines, and updated avionics to deliver greater fuel efficiency, improved performance, and reduced operating costs compared to its predecessors.
Key Facts
- Type: Commercial jetliner
- Manufacturer: Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- First Flight: January 29, 2016
- Introduced: May 22, 2017
- Variants: 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8, 737 MAX 9, 737 MAX 10
- Capacity: Typically 138-230 passengers depending on variant and configuration
- Range: Approximately 3,300 to 3,850 nautical miles (6,112 to 7,130 km) depending on variant
- Engines: CFM International LEAP-1B engines
- Production: Assembled at Boeing’s Renton, Washington facility
FAA faces criticism on new training procedures for 737 MAX pilots
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received public comments about the proposed new training procedures for pilots of the…
American Airlines schedules flights with Boeing 737 MAX
It seems like the Boeing MAX 737 MAX’s never-ending grounding saga is slowly coming to the end. American…
Boeing to sell more 737 MAX for Alaska Airlines?
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Ryanair expects Boeing 737 MAX to return to U.S. next month
Irish budget carrier Ryanair expects that the grounded Boeing 737 MAX will return to the service in the…
Air Canada sells nine Boeing 737 MAX, gains $365 million
Air Canada (ADH2) , the largest Canadian air carrier, gained $365 million under sale and leaseback transactions of…
FAA issues new training procedures for 737 MAX pilots
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a draft report on revised training procedures for Boeing 737 MAX pilots,…
Bureaucracy commences as 737 MAX prepares for October relaunch
Boeing 737 MAX, possibly the most troubled aircraft of our times, gears for long-awaited ungrounding. Yet a lot…
737 MAX: still wanted, but more troubles ahead
Contracts will need to be reset, timelines moved and significantly smaller deliveries acknowledged as Boeing 737 MAX prepares…
737 MAX production rate cut kills 1100 jobs at Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit AeroSystems, one of the main Boeing’s suppliers for the 737 MAX programs, announced another round of layoffs…
Cancellations persist as 737 MAX ungrounding nears
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Keeping promises: FAA Head to pilot Boeing 737 MAX
Steve Dickson, the Chief of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will fulfil his promise and pilot a Boeing 737…
Boeing 737 MAX receives criticism by NATCA engineers
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association’s (NATCA) engineers criticized a redesign of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX, raising…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: a timeline (Part I)
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Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Ethiopian Airlines Crash (Part II)
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Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Burned bridges (Part III)
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Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Losing the narrative (Part IV)
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Boeing 737 MAX crisis: a difficult return to the skies (Part V)
This article was first published on AeroTime News on October 4, 2019. Information added at the bottom of…