Upcoming 737MAX Deliveries

With many of the airlines around Asia and Oceania ordering 737 MAX series, most of those airliners will stop through Hawai‘i (mainly HNL) during the first segment of their island-hopping delivery flights from Boeing Field (BFI) [map]. This post will be continuously updated as new information becomes available. Boeing has indicated that the variants will be referred to as the -x with out the MAX name, as will we.

According to The Boeing Test Flights website, these listed below are the airframes that have begun assembly, or made its first flight from RNT, or are being readied for delivery on the BFI flightline. Additional information also provided by Tyke's Aero Blog, and PlaneSpotters.net's 737 MAX Production List. Those listed below, should make a stopover in Hawai‘i on their first segment out of BFI on their delivery flights in the near future:

DELIVERED

____ | NZ4803 | 67019 | Royal New Zealand Air Force | P-8A [05.16.23 POSIDN1]

» Ferrying to HSN [Zhoushan, China] for cabin completion, with a Boeing flight code.

Deliveries to resume once the MAX series is re-certified by each nation's civil aviation authority.

737 MAX

7263 | B-206L | 61374 | 9 Air | -8 | BOE452 « MWH
7323 | B-208H | 61377 | 9 Air | -8 | BOE453 « BFI
7346 | B-208J | 61142 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE935 « BFI
7351 | B-208E | 63276 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE692 « MWH
7371 | B-209A | 63284 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE693 « VCV
7408 | B-209C | 63287 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE694 « MWH
7415 | B-208F | 63277 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE695 « MWH
7426 | B-208W | 61636 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE615 « VCV
7440 | B-20A3 | 61637 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE616 « BFI
7451 | B-209L | 62182 | Hainan Airlines | -8 | BOE758 « MWH

7490 | B-20AK | 61639 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE617 « SKF
7493 | B-209V | 61143 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE936 « BFI
7496 | B-209T | 63279 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE697 « MWH
7506 | B-20A6 | 60910 | Air China | -8 | BOE267 « BFI
7508 | B-20A0 | 61448 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE658 « SKF
7511 | B-209S | 63278 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE698 « SKF

7519 | B-209W | 61144 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE937 « MWH
7528 | B-20A7 | 60913 | Air China | -8 | BOE268 « MWH
7530 | B-209U | 63289 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE699 « SKF
7544 | B-20AN | 60914 | Air China | -8 | BOE269 « SKF
7546 | B-20AY | 61644 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE618 « MWH 

7575 | B-20AG | 61449 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE659 « SKF
7584 | B-20AP | 60915 | Air China | -8 | BOE270 « SKF

7595 | B-20C7 | 63281 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE696 « SKF
7610 | B-20AM | 61283 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE101 « SKF
7613 | B-20AU | 63290 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE701 « SKF
7615 | B-20CG | 61145 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE938 « MWH

7619 | B-20AQ | 42961 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE336 « SKF
7624 | B-____ | 61712 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE201 « SKF
7625 | B-20AR | 61451 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE660 « MWH
7630 | B-20CH | 61146 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE939 « VCV
7631 | B-20C0 | 60916 | Air China | -8 | BOE271 « MWH
7638 | B-20AS | 43832 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE337 « MWH
7645 | B-20CC | 61645 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE619 « MWH
7646 | B-20AT | 63280 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE702 « MWH
7647 | B-20C1 | 60917 | Air China | -8 | BOE272 « MWH
7651 | B-20AX | 61450 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE661 « MWH

7659 | B-____ | 61409 | Okay Airways | -8 | BOE301 « MWH
7660 | B-____ | 64707 | Lucky Air | -8 | BOE527 « MWH
7662 | B-20AZ | 43833 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE338 « MWH
7666 | B-20CA | 65256 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE711 « MWH
7671 | B-20CE | 60918 | Air China | -8 | BOE273 « MWH
7676 | B-20DK | 61147 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE940 « MWH

7677 | B-20D3 | 63286 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE703 « MWH
7685 | B-20C2 | 61284 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE102 « MWH
7687 | B-20C3 | 61452 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE662 « MWH
7690 | B-20CQ | 64677 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE339 « MWH
7691 | B-20C9 | 63283 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE704 « MWH
7697 | B-20CR | 64678 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE340 « MWH
7703 | B-20C8 | 63282 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE705 « MWH
7706 | B-20CM | 43834 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE341 « MWH
7708 | B-____ | 61647 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE620 « MWH
7714 | B-20D2 | 60920 | Air China | -8 | BOE274 « MWH
7715 | B-20D6 | 65258 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE712 « MWH
7720 | B-20CF | 61454 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE663 « MWH

7723 | B-20DL | 61148 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE941 « MWH
7728 | B-20CU | 65274 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE713  « VCV

7738 | B-20D5 | 63288 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE706 « MWH
7741 | B-20CZ | 61453 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE664 « MWH
7750 | B-20CL | 43836 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE342 « MWH
7751 | B-20CT | 65251 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE714 « MWH
7754 | B-20CS | 63285 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE754  « MWH
7760 | B-20CN | 43835 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE343 « MWH
7761 | B-20DH | 60922 | Air China | -8 BOE275 « MWH
7764 | B-____ | 65275 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE715 « MWH
7768 | B-20CY | 61286 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE103 « MWH

7774 | B-20D9 | 61650 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE621 « BFI
7775 | B-20D0 | 61455 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE665 « MWH
7782 | B-20CP | 43837 | Xiamen Air | -8 BOE370 « MWH
7784 | B-____ | 65253 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE716 « MWH
7792 | B-____ | 64708 | Fuzhou Airlines | -8 | BOE513 « MWH
7795 | B-____ | 65257 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE717 « MWH
7798 | B-20DP | 61157 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE942 « MWH
7800 | B-____ | 61411 | Okay Airways | -8 | BOE302 « MWH
7809 | B-20DN | 61150 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE943 « MWH
7813 | B-20DJ | 60923 | Air China | -8 | BOE276 « MWH
7817 | B-20DU | 42963 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE3711 « MWH
7826 | B-____ | 61652 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE622 « MWH
7828 | B-____ | 65259 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE718 « MWH
7831 | B-20DV | 42964 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE372 « MWH
7838 | B-20DR | 60925 | Air China | -8 | BOE277 « MWH
7848 | B-20DW | 42962 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE373 « MWH
7856 | B-20DZ | 61151 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE944 « VCV
7858 | B-____ | 64709 | Fuzhou Airlines | -8 | BOE514 « BFI

7860 | B-20E0 | 43838 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE374 « VCV
7865 | B-20DQ | 60924 | Air China | -8 | BOE278  « MWH
7867 | B-20E1 | 64679 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE375 « VCV
7875 | B-____ | 65250 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE719 « VCV
7878 | B-20E2 | 61456 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE666 « VCV
7887 | B-____ | 63291 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE708  « SKF
7888 | VH-UMQ | 43957 | Bonza | -8 | BOE980 « MWH

7919 | B-____ | 61654 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE623  « MWH
7923 | B-____ | 61709 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE202  « MWH
7929 | B-____ | 61385 | 9 Air | -8 | BOE454  « MWH
7931 | B-20DS | 60826 | Air China | -8 | BOE279 « MWH
7934 | B-20DX | 64680 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE376  « MWH
7944 | B-20E3 | 60928 | Air China | -8 | BOE280 « MWH
7948 | B-20DY | 64681 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE377 « MWH
7953 | B-____ | 61384 | 9 Air | -8 | BOE455 « BFI

7971 | B-____ | 60930 | Air China | -8 | BOE281  « MWH
7972 | B-____ | 61655 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE624  « MWH

7991 | B-____ | 60932 | Air China | -8 | BOE282  « MWH

8001 | B-____ | 61657 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE625 « MWH

8014 | B-____ | 61658 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE626 « BFI

8025 | B-20EA | 64682 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE378 « BFI

8038 | B-____ | 61659 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE627 « MWH

8069 | B-____ | 61660 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE628 « MWH

8076 | B-20EK | 43839 | Xiamen Air | -8 BOE379 « BFI

8082 | B-____ | 60939 | Air China | -8 | BOE283 « BFI

8100 | B-____ | 43840 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE380 « SKF

8125 | B-____ | 61661 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE629 « MWH

8156 | B-____ | 61662 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE630 « BFI

8177 | B-____ | 61459 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE678 « BFI

8178 | B-____ | 61154 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE950 « SAT

8181 | B-____ | 60938 | Air China | -8 | BOE284 « PDX

8183 | B-____ | 61288 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE104 « BFI

8186 | B-____ | 43841 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE387 « MWH

8189 | B-____ | 61460 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE679 « SKF

8190 | B-____ | 60936 | Air China | -8 | BOE285 « SKF

8194 | B-____ | 43845 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE388 « MWH

8197 | B-____ | 60934 | Air China | -8 | BOE286 « BFI

8198 | B-____ | 61703 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE951 « BFI

8203 | B-____ | 61289 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE105 « MWH

8205 | B____  | 64683 | Xiamen Air | BOE389 « MWH

8206 | B-____ | 60941 | Air China | -8 | BOE287 « BFI

8208 | B-____ | 61155 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE952 « BFI

8212 | B-____ | 61156 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE953 « MWH

8213 | B-____ | 61710 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE203 « BFI

8214 | B-____ | 60940 | Air China | -8 | «

8220 | B-____ | 43848 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE390 « MWH

8221 | B-____ | 60942 | Air China | -8 | BOE289 « MWH

8225 | B-____ | 61291 | Donghai Airlines | -8 | BOE106 « MWH

8229 | B-____ | 61124 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE954 « BFI

8234 | B-____ | 61457 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE680 « MWH

8235 | B-____ | 61153 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE955 « MWH

8239 | B-____ | 61292 | Donghai Airlines | -8 BOE107 « MWH

8242 | B-____ | 61157 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 BOE956 « MWH

8248 | B-____ | 43847 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE391 « MWH

8254 | B-____ | 65254 | China Southern Airlines | -8 «

8260 | B-____ | 61461 | Shandong Airlines | -8 BOE681 « BFI

8263 | B-____ | 43842 | Xiamen Air | -8 BOE392 « BFI

8604 | VH-8IA | 65045 | Virgin Australia | -8 «

« Final Assembly / Pre-Flight Prep / First Flight

« Pre-Delivery Flight Testing
« Stored (Location [IATA])

« Updated Information (Italics)
° New / Modified Livery
* Special Livery / Markings

NOTES

On the occasion that a delivery flight stops through any other Hawai‘i airport, their IATA airport code will noted after the flight number. Delivery flights that go through ANC, or any non-Hawai‘i airport, it will only be listed on this post.

Due to the China Corona Virus, and the production backlog due to the 737MAX grounding, some may deliver from sites other than BFI, and will be noted in the flight number information.

Also, China has re-certified the 737MAX to be put back into service, and deliveries are due to resume. With that, Boeing has re-marketed some of the 737s awaiting delivery at the request of of some Chinese airlines. If an airframe listed is sold to another airline, and not making a TransPacific delivery flight, that listing will be removed.

737s delivering to India will deliver east-bound through Europe, except for India Navy P-8Is.

Some of the deliveries bound for China will begin ferrying to the 737 Completion and Delivery Center, in Zhoushan, China, will have this » symbol following the flight number, which may be a Boeing flight number assigned to the particular airframe.

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Typhoon Mawar Relief Flights

Following Typhoon Mawar's pass over Guam, several relief flights were flown from Hawai‘i airports. Two HC-130Js from the US Coast Guard's 14th District based at JRF were dispatched to GUM. Kalitta Air's N767CK flew their weekly GUM flight, CKS370, with emergency generators from FEMA. Antonov Airlines' UR-82008 used KOA as a stop from SBD to GUM. The An-124 flew as ADB3558. United Airlines also brought supplies in their 777s that normally service GUM. Asia Pacific's N888LT flew as MGE400 to GUM. The airport sustained damage to some of their jet bridges , and is open for limited operations.

HNL's Runway 8L To Reopen This Morning

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Airports Division (HDOTA) announced that HNL's Runway 8L reopens this morning at 07:00. It has been closed since last October for widening and repaving.

Further information in this HDOTA press release.

The first flight to depart from 8L was HAL166 at 08:05, flown by N491HA. The first flight to land on 8L this morning was HAL144, at 08:13, flown by N486HA. 

HiFly Malta's 9H-TQP

HiFly Malta's A330-202, 9H-TQP (msn 211), is making a flight from YYZ to HNL as HFM352P today. It's due to arrive this evening.

211's History:

Apr 1998: Delivered to Canada 3000 as C-GGWB, under lease from ILFC.

Jly 2002: Leased to Volare Airlines as I-VLED.

May 2004: Leased to Air Madrid as EC-IYN "Atocha".

May 2007: Leased to Air Comet as EC-IYN for two years, then re-registered as EC-KIM two months later.

Sep 2011: Leased to HiFly as CS-TQP.

Dec 2013: Subleased to Livingston for one month.

May 2014: Subleased to Saudia for six months.

Jun 2017: Subleased to XL Airways France for three months, then in 2018 and 2019 for the same period.

Dec 2021: Transferred to HiFly Malta as 9H-TQP.

Lānaʻi Air To Receive A SkyCourier

Western Aircraft, the parent company of Lānaʻi Air, has taken delivery of a Cessna C408A SkyCourier. N971LA (msn 408-0012) is currently at BOI for pilot training. This SkyCourier is the first passenger version for delivery to Western Aircraft. It’s not known if the cabin will be fitted for the full 19 seats, or be configured for a VIP interior. The delivery flight to HNL will occur after training is complete, and the ferry tanks installed. The SkyCourier will join the six Pilatus PC-12s in the Lānaʻi Air fleet.

Further information in this Cessna / Textron Aviation news release. 

Alaska Airlines' N559AS

Alaska Airlines had their "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" 737-890, N559AS (c/n 35178, l/n 2026), repainted at AMA to the new "Xáat Kwaáni (Salmon People) special livery. It's making its first appearance at HNL from SFO today as ASA877, and will depart for SAN as ASA892. N559AS made an appearance at OGG on the 20th from PDX as ASA809, and departed for SFO as ASA878.

Further information in this Alaska Airlines news release.

N208FF

N208FF (msn 208B1125), a Cessna C208B Grand Caravan owned by Merlin Labs, is transiting through HNL as it goes from MCE to AKL. It's next stop is APW, following some repairs at HNL.

Merlin Labs is a company working on fully autonomous flying, and N208FF is one of their testbed aircraft.

N153QS Bound For HNL Crashes Off Bay Area

N153QS (msn 869), a Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, owned by a Bank of Utah Trustee, crashed off the coast of Half Moon Bay, CA today. Two souls aboard perished. It was scheduled to deliver from STS to NAN, with a stop at HNL. This Twin Otter was reported to be a floatplane version that used to be based in Australia.

Further details in this Aviation Safety Network report.

USDOT Revokes Rhoades Certificate

CH-Aviation reports that the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has revoked Rhoades Aviation's certificate of public convenience and necessity, effectively shutting the airline down. Rhoades can reapply after a period of one year. The FAA already had revoked its operating certificate on 30 January 2023.

N340CG

Nomadic Aviation is ferrying N340CG (msn 2340) from SGN to GYR, via GUM, MAJ, and JRF, as OMD197. This A320-232 is being returned to the Aviation Capital Group, and will make a gas & go fuel stop at JRF.

2340's History:

Jan 2005: Delivered to Tiger Airways as 9V-TAD, under lease from ACG.

Aug 2012: Leased to Jetstar Pacific as VN-A556.

May 2017: Leased to Pan Pacific Airlines as RP-C7933.

Jly 2020: Leased again to Jetstar Pacific as VN-A556, but did not re-enter service. Airline rebranded as Pacific Airlines, A320 remained in storage at HAN.

N175AN

Nomadic Aviation is ferrying N175AN (c/n 32394, l/n 992) from ROW to XMN, via JRF and GUM, as OMD199. This 757-223, owned by AerSale Inc, is headed for freighter conversion. It will make a gas & go fuel stop at JRF this evening.

N175AN's History:

Dec 2001: Delivered to American Airlines (f/n 5FK).

Jun 2015: Painted in the current livery.

Mar 2020: Withdrawn from service, and stored at ROW.

Apr 2023: Sold to the AAR Corporation, then sold to AerSale a month later.

Royal New Zealand Air Force's NZ4803

The Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 5 Squadron is taking delivery of their third P-8A Poseidon, NZ4803 (c/n 67019, l/n ____). It's making its delivery flight from BFI to OHA, via HNL and NAN, as POSIDN1.