Boeing has marked the first delivery of the new 737 MAX. The airplane, a 737 MAX 8, was handed over to Malindo Air at the Seattle Delivery Centre. The Malaysia-based airline will be the first to put the 737 MAX into commercial service. “This airplane will change the face of the single-aisle market,” said Boeing […]
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Boeing and Primera Air has announced an order for eight 737 MAX 9 airplanes, valued at more than $950 million at list prices. The agreement also includes purchase rights for four additional 737 MAX 9s and a lease agreement for eight more airplanes from Air Lease Corporation. The 737 MAX 9 will form the backbone […]
Boeing has grounded its entire fleet of new 737 MAX airliners after discovering a potential engine manufacturing problem. The move comes just a week before the first MAX delivery, to Malaysia’s Malindo Air, was set to take place. Although no problems have been found during the type’s extensive 16-month flight test programme, Boeing believes that […]