Upcoming 737MAX Deliveries

With airlines around Asia and Oceania ordering the 737MAX series, a majority of these airliners will stop through Hawai‘i (mainly HNL) during the first segment of their island-hopping delivery flights from Boeing Field (BFI) [map]. Boeing has indicated that the variants will be referred to as the -x without the MAX name, we will do the same.

We have our own Google Sheet that is documenting the 737 information below, as well as 737MAX series deliveries as of 2017, and is continuously updated.

Boeing P-8A Poseidons and E-7A WedgeTails on order for armed forces around the Pacific Rim will be added below when information becomes available.

This post will be continuously updated as we receive new information, and this » symbol notates the newest information per airframe.

According to the PlaneSpotters.net's 737 MAX Production List, RZ Jets 737MAX Production List, and the AirFleets 737NG/MAX Production List, these listed below are the airframes that have begun final assembly, made its first flight from RNT, or are being readied for delivery on the BFI flightline. Those listed "On Order", should make a stopover in Hawai‘i on their first segment out of BFI on their delivery flights. Those listed in the "Delivered" and "Ferried to HSN For Completion", will be listed fore the calendar month. In the past, additional information was also provided by Tyke's Aero Blog, the Boeing Test Flight Google Sheet, and The Boeing Test Flights website.

DELIVERED

9757 | VH-8IO | 67046 | Virgin Australia | -8 "Vestey's Beach" [08.07.26 VOZ9947 fr MLB to KOA]

9768 | VH-8IP | 67047 | Virgin Australia | -8 "Bicheno Beach" [08.18.26 VOZ9947 fr MLB to KOA]

FERRIED TO HSN FOR COMPLETION

9775 | B-____ | 44410 | China Southern Airlines | -8 [08.08.26 BOE143 to KOA as N240BE] ~

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ON ORDER

737MAX Series

9429 | JA030A | 63208 | All Nippon Airways (ANA Wings) | -8 « RNT

9716 | JA031A | 68209 | All Nippon Airways (ANA Wings) | -8 « RNT

9734 | VT-XPA | _____ | Air India Express | -10 | BOE734 « VCV

9747 | JA032A | 68210 | All Nippon Airways (ANA Wings) | -8 « RNT

9764 | VT-___ | _____ | Air India Express | -10 « RNT »

9772 | VT-YBR | 67877 | Akasa Air | -8 200 | BOE467 « BFI

9777 | JA033A | 68211 | All Nippon Airways (ANA Wings) | -8 « RNT

9778 | VT-YBS | 67878 | Akasa Air | -8 200 | BOE468 « BFI

9782 | HS-VZR | 63918 | VietJet Air Thailand | -8 | BOE369 « MWH »

9784 | B-229V | 66427 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE162 « BFI

9788 | VT-___ | _____ | Air India Express | -10 « RNT »

9789 | HL8754 | 44335 | Trinity Airways | -8 | BOE738 « BFI

9790 | VT-YBT | 67879 | Akasa Air | -8 200 « RNT »

9794 | VH-8VJ | 67043 | Virgin Australia | -8 | BOE34 « PAE

9795 | HL8763 | 66773 | Eastar Jet | -8 | BOE752 « BFI

9796 | HS-VZS | 63923 | VietJet Air Thailand | -8 | BOE370 « BFI

9804 | HS-VZT | 67954 | VietJet Air Thailand | -8 | BOE370 « VCV

9806 | HL8755 | 44332 | Trinity Airways | -8 | BOE739 « VCV

9808 | VT-___ | _____ | Air India | -10 « RNT

9810 | 9V-MCA | 44270 | Singapore Airlines | -8 « RNT

9811 | VH-8VK | 67048 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT

9814 | B-____ | _____ | Shanghai Airlines | -8~ » N248BE « RNT

9824 | HL8764 | 66776 | Eastar Jet | -8 « RNT »

9831 | HL____ | _____ | Trinity Airways | -8 « RNT

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P-8A and E-7A

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MARKS

« Final Assembly / Pre-Flight Prep / First Flight from RNT (Location [IATA])

« Final Assembly / Pre-Flight Prep / First Flight from PAE (Location [IATA])

« Pre-Delivery Customer Acceptance Test Flights / Ready For Delivery (Location [IATA])
« Stored (Location [IATA])

« Duplicate Boeing test flight numbers

° New / Modified Livery
* Special Livery / Markings

~ Grey Tail (Only winglets and rudder painted)

» Boeing registration for ferry to HSN
» New airline and registration after re-market

« Previous airline and registration prior to re-market

« Returned to Boeing, NTU

» New / updated information

LOCATIONS [IATA]
RNT: Renton Municipal Airport, Renton, WA
BFI: King County International Airport - Boeing Field, Seattle, WA

PAE: Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field), Everett, WA

MWH: Grant County International Airport, Moses Lake, WA

VCV: Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, CA

NIP: Naval Air Station Jacksonville / Jacksonville Airport, Jacksonville, FL (P-8As)

GED: Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE (BBJs)

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NOTES

In the event that a delivery flight stops through any Hawai‘i airport other than HNL, their IATA airport code will noted after the flight number. 

Due to the order backlog for the 737MAX series, some airframes may deliver from sites other than BFI, and will be noted in the flight number information. 

If an airframe listed is sold or re-marketed to another airline, it will be noted with a » symbol, along with the new airline and registration. If an airframe was acquired from a previous airline, it will be noted with a « symbol, along with the old airline and registration. Should the airframe delivers through Hawai‘i, the information will be revised with the delivery information. If it's not making a delivery flight through Hawai‘i, that listing will not be changed to the new airline, then removed upon its delivery flight. That information will be kept on our Google Sheet.

Delivery flights that go through ANC, KEF, or any other non-Hawai‘i airport, will only be listed on our Google Sheet. Most 737s delivering to airlines in India will deliver east-bound through KEF [Keflavik International Airport, Keflavik, Iceland] as their first fuel stop. Some 737s delivering to airlines in east Asia (Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam) deliver through ANC [Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, AK] for their first fuel stop. Their information here will be deleted upon their delivery flight. In the event that those 737s delivers through Hawai‘i, they will be listed on a post, and on the annual deliveries page.

Some of the deliveries bound for China will ferry to the Boeing China 737 Completion and Delivery Center, at Putuoshan Airport, Zhoushan, China [HSN], will have its own listing above, along with a Boeing test flight number, and a temporary US Boeing registration assigned to the particular airframe. Some may have its full livery painted, and is going to HSN for cabin completion; while others may ferry as a grey tail (only the rudder and winglets painted), that will be fully painted, along with cabin configuration.
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FAA Certifies The 737-7

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an amended certificate to Boeing for the 737-7 variant, that clears the way for it to enter service.

Southwest Airlines is the launch customer for the 737-7, with an order for 258 airliners, that will replace the 737-700. Other airlines who ordered the 737-7 are Allegiant Air (24), Luxair (4), Ruili Airlines (2), and SkyUp Airlines (2).

Further information in this Boeing Media Room news release, and this statement by the FAA.

Boeing Looking Toward 737-7 And 737-10 Certifications

In an interview with Aviation Week, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg announced that both the 737-7 and the 737-10 are on-track to be certified by the FAA by the end of this year. Once certified, Boeing can begin to work on the backlog of 1,200 737-10s, and 332 737-7s on order. Boeing is also close to having the 777-9 certified as well.

Regarding airlines in the Pacific Rim, for the 737-7, only Ruili Airlines has two on order; and for the 737-10, these airlines have them on order: Virgin Australia (13), Skymark Airlines (3), Lion Air Group (50), Malaysia Airlines (12), Okay Air (3), Donghai Airlines (10), and Vietjet Air (106).

Further details in this Reuters article.

737MAXs Hinted As Hawaiian Airlines' 717-200 Replacement

During the acquisition presentation between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, it was noted on page 18, that the Alaska 737s, would be the prime candidate to replace the Hawaiian Airlines 717-200 fleet when that time comes. Alaska has several 737-8s have on order with Boeing, with a total of 85 MAX series on order.

Further analysis in this CH-Aviation report. The yet-to-be-certified 737-7 was also mentioned as a possible replacement, though the -7 has not been mentioned in Alaska's and Boeing's order book.

This past August, Hawaiian Airlines, prior to the acquisition, noted four types that were candidates to replace the 717-200 fleet. We did a comparison and analysis of the four types to see which would be the best fit. With the acquisition by Alaska Airlines, it seems like to be a moot point.

COMPARISON

The two big questions for the 737MAX as a 717 replacement are, will any of these candidates be able to handle the rigorous schedule that the 717-200s currently maintain, and will Hawaiian have to make adjustments to work with the LEAP-1B cool down times? With the multitude of inter-island flights, will they be able to accommodate available belly space that Hawaiian uses for a lot of their inter-island cargo operations? 

717-200: RR BR715 | 128 seats | 1,430nm range | 935 cu ft cargo

to

737-7: CFM LEAP-1B | 138-153 seats | 3,800nm range | 1,139 cu ft cargo

737-8: CFM LEAP-1B | 178 seats | 3,400nm range | 1,540 cu ft cargo

ANALYSIS

Engines: Both 737MAX variants use the CFM LEAP-1B series.

Seats: Both 737MAX variants offer more seating. At 138 seats, the 737-7 adds 10 more seats, especially with Hawaiian's two-class layout. With the 737-8's 178 seats, it could also allow inter-island flight schedules to be consolidated.

Range: Both 737MAX variants offer ETOPS capability to Hawaiian's west coast destinations they choose to fly from any of the islands.

Cargo Volume: Both 737MAX variants offer more cargo belly space.

The 737-7 comes closest to the 717-200, but it's has not been decided by Alaska Airlines to add this variant to their order book.

Boeing's N7201S Returns

Boeing's 737-7, N7201S (c/n 42561, l/n 6744), is returning to BFI from PVG (via GUM and JRF) as BOE701. It's making a stop at JRF this evening.

17 Aug 21 UPDATE

N7201S departed JRF this morning to return to BFI.

Boeing's N7201S

Boeing's testbed 737-7, N7201S (c/n 42561, l/n 6744), is making a stop at JRF from BFI as BOE701. It's flying from BFI to PVG, via JRF and GUM. Bloomberg reports that this MAX7 will be heading to China to assist with re-certifying the the MAX series after the global grounding. Boeing sent pilots and engineers ahead to assist. 

Oddly enough, a few airlines in China have 737-8s already delivered.  There are dozens of China-bound MAX series in pre-delivery storage on the mainland.

N7201S will eventually be delivered to Southwest Airlines, after its testbed days are done.

FAA Clears The 737 MAX To Fly

Today, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared the way for airlines to resume 737 MAX 8, MAX 9, and MAX 10 service. All US carriers must update their flight crew and maintenance trainings before the airliners return to service. Many delivered and undelivered 737 MAXs have been in storage for the past 18 months following the two fatal accidents. In the US, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines currently have MAX variants. Alaska Airlines has MAX9s on order.

The European Union and Canadian aviation safety agencies are next up to re-certify the 737 MAX.

Boeing will also remove the MAX name from the 737, and each variant will be known as the 737-7, 737-8, 737-9, and 737-10.

Further information in this FAA news release, Boeing Mediaroom release, and Airways Magazine report.