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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Alaska Airlines' N985AK

Alaska Airlines' 2026 FIFA World Cup logo jet, N985AK (c/n 67423, l/n 8695), is making its first daytime appearance at HNL with the decals today. This 737-9 arrived from SEA as ASA626, and returned to SEA a few hours later as ASA90. It's first time to HNL was a few nights ago on a round-trip from ANC.

N985AK had its decals applied at GSO in late May. When not flying revenue flights, it was used as team charters for soccer teams flying to play matches at Seattle Stadium. It made stops at OGG during the World Cup in June and July.

Alaska Airlines' N985AK

Alaska Airlines' 2026 FIFA World Cup-liveried 737-9, N985AK (c/n 67423, l/n 8695, f/n 985), is making its first appearance in Hawai‘i today. It's flying from PDX to OGG as ASA739, then return to PDX as ASA1490. Alaska Airlines had the decals applied earlier this month as Seattle is one of the host cities at Lumen Field (renamed Seattle Stadium for the 2026 World Cup).

Greater Bay Airlines' B-KWB

Greater Bay Airlines is taking delivery of B-KWB (c/n 64129, l/n 9275) today. This 737-9 is making its delivery flight from BFI to HKG, with overnight stops at KOA and GUM, flying as HGB9739.

Greater Bay Airlines' B-KWA

Hong Kong's Greater Bay Airlines is taking delivery of their first 737-9 today. B-KWA (c/n 64132, l/n 9221) is making its delivery flight from BFI to HKG, with brief fuel stops at KOA and GUM, as HGB9739.

B-KWA is the first of 15 737-9s ordered by Greater Bay Airlines to be delivered.

San Diego State Aztecs Team Charter

The San Diego State Aztecs is chartering an Alaska Airlines 737-9 for their road trip to play the Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors on Saturday. N967AK (c/n 67419, l/n 8577, f/n 967) is flying the Aztecs in today as ASA9676.

08 November 2025 UPDATE

N936AK took back the Aztecs to SAN as ASA9676, following their 38-6 loss to the Rainbow Warriors.

Alaska Airlines Returns Some 737-9s To Service

After completing its inspections, Alaska Airlines announced today that the first batch of 737-9s, will be put back into service.

Three Alaska 737-9s (N947AK, N983AK, and N912AK) remain at HNL following the stand-down, 947 and 983 are parked at on Taxiway F, while 912 is on the North Ramp.

FAA Requires Inspections Of Some 737-9s

In light of the recent rapid decompression of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 door plug, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring immediate grounding and inspections of 737-9 mid-cabin door plugs.

For Hawai‘i, other than Alaska Airlines, United Airlines has some west coast flights that use 737-9s, and the airline announced prior to the FAA notice, that they will voluntarily ground and inspect their fleet of 79 737-9s.

According to Airways Magazine, the EASA is adopting the FAA EAD, although the 737-9s flying in Europe are flown in high-density layouts. They also report that, globally, Aeroméxico (19), Copa Airlines (29), and Turkish Airlines (5), have also grounded their 737-9s for inspection. 

Alaska Airlines Grounds Its 737-9 Fleet

Alaska Airlines announced that they immediately grounding their 737-9 fleet following an incident this evening where a door plug separated from the fuselage about six minutes into its flight that departed from PDX. N704AL (c/n 67501, l/n 8789, f/n 704), a two-month-old 737-9, was flying as ASA1282 from PDX to ONT, when the incident occurred, and fortunately there were no casualties. Because of the airline's cabin configuration, the small exit door behind the wings are plugged, and not considered an exit. Regular cabin paneling covers the interior part of the door plug.

The airline issued a statement, that all 65 737-9s will be grounded to have those door plugs inspected. This will affect almost all of Alaska's flights to HNL; and to some degree, affect flights servicing OGG and KOA; LIH is unaffected, as the Alaska flights service there are done by 737-890s.

06 Jan 2024 UPDATE

Alaska Airlines canceled some of its Hawai‘i flights due to the grounding.

Lion Air's PK-LRI

Lion Air is taking delivery of PK-LRI (c/n 42987, l/n 6250) today. This 737-9 is making its delivery flight from BFI to CGK, via HNL and GUM, as LNI1. It will make a brief fuel stop at HNL. This is one of the first 737-9s off of the Boeing production line, and had been used as a test aircraft for the past five years.

Batik Air Malaysia 9M-LRK

Batik Air Malaysia is taking delivery of 9M- LRK (c/n 43005, l/n 7441) today. This 737-9 is making its delivery flight from BFI to KUL, via HNL and GUM, as MXD1. It will overnight at HNL tonight.

Alaska Airlines' N932AK Makes Hawai‘i Visit

On 05 January, Alaska Airlines unveiled its Orca-themed "West Coast Wonders" 737-9, N932AK (c/n 44089, l/n 8163, f/n 932), with its first revenue flight from SEA to ANC. On 22 January, N932AK made its first appearance at HNL from SEA as ASA896. This morning, we captured the orca-liveried 737-9 as it departed for SEA as ASA942.

Alaska Airlines' Seattle Kraken Logojet

As one of the Seattle Kraken's major sponsors, Alaska Airlines has adorned N915AK (c/n 44080, l/n 7682, f/n 915), with a Kraken-themed special livery to commemorate the National Hockey League's newest franchise, and the airline's sponsorship. This 737-9 is making it's first visit to HNL today from SEA as ASA174, then onto LAX as ASA866. It also made a stop at KOA from SEA, and back yesterday, as ASA807/880.

Alaska Airlines Begins MAX Service

Alaska Airlines launched 737MAX service to HNL today, with N918AK (c/n 44083, l/n 7836, f/n 918). This 737-9 is arriving from PDX as ASA889.

Alaska is the third US airline (along with United and Southwest) to use the 737MAX in regular scheduled service to HNL. Southwest has 737-8s in their Hawai‘i schedule. United has yet to bring their 737-8s or 737-9s back in service to the islands.

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.