Southwest has over 500 Boeing 737 MAXs on order. As it stands, Southwest has an outstanding order for 573 Boeing 737 MAXs, comprised of: A firm order for 302 Boeing 737 MAX 7s, to be delivered between 2024 and 2031. A firm order for 271 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, to be delivered between 2023 and 2029. Meanwhile Southwest’s current fleet has 814
New phase: The Boeing 737 Max, 150 passengers, and it was designed to stand up to its new rival, the European-made Airbus A320, which had launched the same year. The 737-300 had a new, more
Boeing 737-700 retirements. Southwest retired 36 Boeing 737-700 aircraft in 2020. The airline ended 2020 with a fleet of 470 737-700s with an average age of 16 years old. Eight additional retirements followed in early 2021, bringing Southwest to 462 737-700 aircraft. Another nine Boeing 737-700 retirements are expected this year.
Left: Boeing 737 MAX - Because the MAX sits higher off the ground, notice how there is a larger gap between the landing gear door and tires than on the 737 NG. Right: Boeing 737 NG - Notice how the bottom of the landing gear door sits at almost the same level as the tires. Images: Left - Flickr/Dylan Agbagni (CC0/Public Domain)
CNN reported that, “The airline and its subsidiaries have temporarily grounded 223 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, airline spokesperson Liu Xiaodong said in a press conference on Thursday. The same
And MCAS was born. Now why Boeing made the original system as they did and FAA didn't check it properly, that's another story. But inside the plane, everything about it, is the exact same 737 as its always been. The max isn't any unsafe than any other 737, and honestly. The 737 is perhaps one of the best civil planes Boeing has made.
6 days ago · The MAX 7 which is also still undergoing certification is following the Boeing 737 tradition of the shortest variant being the slowest to sell, with 368 aircraft ordered to date. Versatility is the key to the 737’s success. There can be no doubt that the Boeing 737 has become one of passenger air transport success stories. Southwest Airlines is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737. The Southwest Airlines fleet consists of 815 aircraft, all from the Boeing 737 family of narrow-body airliners, as of December 2023 . Since its inception, Southwest Airlines has almost exclusively operated Boeing 737 aircraft (except for a brief period when it operated a 6 days ago · We agree with and fully support the FAA's decision to require immediate inspections of 737-9 airplanes with the same configuration as the affected airplane. In addition, a Boeing technical team is supporting the NTSB's investigation into the Jan. 5 accident. We will remain in close contact with our regulator and customers.” Contact
6 days ago · Alaska Airlines will ground 65 of its Boeing 737 Max jets after a section of one of its planes blew out in mid-air shortly after take-off. The plane, a 737 Max 9, which was carrying 171 passengers
Boeing appears to have started quietly dropping the “Max” from its 737 Max aircraft in the wake of recent air disasters, instead referring to a 737-8.. The new name has hitherto been used only 3 days ago · Alaska Airlines finds loose hardware on Boeing jets grounded after blowout. Alaska Airlines said its technicians have found loose hardware on some of the airline’s Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, as 3 days ago · By Rob Wile. Hundreds of Alaska Airlines and United Airlines flights remained canceled Monday in the wake of the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ground all Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft
3 days ago · A scary mid-air blowout aboard a Boeing 737-9 MAX passenger plane has led to dozens of aircraft worldwide being grounded while engineers try to establish what went wrong. Six people aboard Alaska
