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Boeing Threatens To End The 737 MAX 10 Unless It’s Exempted From New Safety Requirement

by Gary Leff on July 7, 2022

Jul 07 2022

Newly certified aircraft have to have upgraded alert systems for pilots. Issues with the Boeing 737 MAX MAX that led to the Lion Air and Ethiopian crashes are, in part, addressed by mandatory new alerts for pilots that will apply to all newly-certified aircraft types. But unless the FAA agrees to exempt the Boeing 737 MAX 10 from this requirement, which they can only do by the end of 2022, Boeing’s CEO says they’ll walk away from the plane project and all of the orders it represents.

Delta On The Verge Of Buying 100 Boeing 737 MAXs

by Gary Leff on July 2, 2022

Jul 02 2022

Delta is about to finalize a deal for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft. The possibility of the deal between the airline and aircraft manufacturer were first reported in March.

Delta is known for buying only planes from foreign manufacturers. While they have taken delivery of new Boeing aircraft from legacy orders, they haven’t placed a major Boeing order in a decade and their entire current order book over more than 220 aircraft is entirely with Airbus.

American Has Firmed Orders For 30 New 737 MAXs, Delayed Delivery Of 787-9s

by Gary Leff on February 2, 2022

Feb 02 2022

American Airlines has converted options on 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8s into firm orders and – as I told you to expect recently – delayed delivery of some Boeing 787-9s in a way that should allow for those planes to become more useful to the carrier.

United Airlines Commits To Huge Aircraft Order, Retrofitting Domestic Fleet With Premium Interiors

by Gary Leff on June 29, 2021

Jun 29 2021

United has placed an order for 270 narrowbody planes: 200 Boeing 737 MAXs (50 MAX 8s, 150 MAX 10s) and 70 Airbus A321neos. 200 regional jets will be replaced by mainline aircraft. And they’re retrofitting cabins on their existing narrowbody planes with more premium seats, seatback entertainment with bluetooth for headphones, seat power and larger overhead bins. The retrofit is promised to be 66% complete by 2023 and 99% complete by 2025.

Most of this had already leaked, and I reported that it was expected, but it’s still huge news that it’s happening. The airline clearly sees strong travel growth and a return of business travel to normal levels sooner than competitors.

American Airlines Hides “737 MAX” From Passengers

by Gary Leff on May 22, 2021

May 22 2021

American Airlines appears to be using safety cards that just say “737” on 737 MAX aircraft now. No wonder customers don’t seem to complain they’re flying on the MAX…?

United Airlines Ending Change Flexibility For 737 MAX Passengers

by Gary Leff on April 1, 2021

Apr 01 2021

United will stop offering change flexibility to passengers booked on the Boeing 737 MAX on April 7 less than two months after the carrier returned the plane to service.

American Airlines Took A Boeing 737 MAX Out Of Service After Pitch Trim Issue

by Gary Leff on March 30, 2021

Mar 30 2021

American Airlines took a Boeing 737 MAX out of service on Monday after it experienced a pitch trim issue enroute from Miami to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

Ultimately the pilots of the aircraft remained in control and landed safely. The system worked as it should. Extra attention, though, will be likely paid to this incident because it involved elevator trim and the MAX, even though it doesn’t appear to have involved the MCAS system.

Southwest Airlines Places Huge Boeing 737 MAX Order

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2021

Mar 29 2021

Southwest Airlines has placed a huge a huge new Boeing 737 MAX order: 100 Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft, Southwest also converted 70 MAX 8 orders to MAX 7 orders, and added 155 options for MAX 7 or 8 aircraft.

This is huge for Southwest – but especially for Boeing.

If You Don’t Want To Fly On The Boeing 737 MAX, Here’s What To Do

by Gary Leff on December 30, 2020

Dec 30 2020

American Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to fly the Boeing 737 MAX again yesterday, after the aircraft’s ungrounding.

Huge mistakes were made engineering this plane. I believe it is now safe, but many people are worried and don’t want to fly the plane. Here’s what American Airlines will let you do if they change your itinerary so that it is operated by a 737 MAX.

Alaska Airlines Is Ditching Its Airbus A320s. But Could It Soon Order A321XLRs?

by Gary Leff on December 29, 2020

Dec 29 2020

Alaska Airlines, based in Seattle, has been an all-Boeing operator. They acquired Virgin America which flew Airbus narrowbodies. It’s seemed from the beginning that they’d eventually dump those planes, and now the fate of Alaska Airlines Airbus A319s and A320s is sealed with Alaska’s order of 23 additional Boeing 737 MAX 9s.

Yet it appears Alaska is talking to Airbus about what to do with the 30 Airbus A320neo orders it inherited from Virgin America – and instead of cancelling, it’s possible they could be converted to A321XLRs.