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.

Our own Google Sheet is documenting the 737 information below, as well as 737MAX series deliveries as of 2017, and is continually 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 updated information per airframe.

According to the Boeing Test Fights Google Sheet and PlaneSpotters.net's 737 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 below, should make a stopover in Hawai‘i on their first segment out of BFI on their delivery flights in the near future. In the past, additional information was also provided by Tyke's Aero Blog, and The Boeing Test Flights website.

DELIVERED

9587 | VH-8VD | 67040 | Virgin Australia | -8  "Fairhaven Beach" [06.01.26 VOZ9947 fr MLB to KOA ]

FERRIED TO HSN FOR COMPLETION

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ON ORDER

737MAX Series

9672 | HS-VZK | 63914 | VietJet Air Thailand | -8 | BOE363 « BFI

9677 | B-____ | 64023 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 « RNT »

9679 | B-228W | 66767  | Hainan Airlines | -8 | BOE191 « BFI »

9685 | VH-8VF | 67044 | Virgin Australia | -8 | BOE29 "Binalong Bay" « BFI

9695 | B-____ | 67926 | 9Air | -8 | BOE451 « BFI

9702 | B-228X | 66768 | Hainan Airlines | -8 | BOE192 « BFI

9703 | 9V-MBY | 44268 | Singapore Airlines | -8 « RNT

9706 | B-228Y | 66769 | Hainan Airlines | -8 | BOE193 « BFI »

9708 | VH-8IL | 67042 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT

9712 | 9M-MV_ | 68154 | Malaysia Airlines | -8 « RNT

9716 | JA031A | 68209 | All Nippon Airways | -8 « RNT

9720 | B-____ | _____ | Shanghai Airlines | -8 « RNT

9733 | B-____ | 60193 | China Southern Airlines | -8 « RNT »

9738 | VH-8IM | 67045 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT »

9741 | B-____ | 66426 | China Southern Airlines | -8 « RNT »

9747 | JA032A | 68210 | All Nippon Airways | -8 « RNT

9751 | B-____ | 60199 | China Southern Airlines | -8 « RNT »

9777 | JA033A | 68211 | All Nippon Airways | -8 « RNT

9794 | VH-8__ | 67043 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT »

9811 | VH-8VK | 67048 | Virgin Australia | -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])

« Pre-Delivery 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)
» New airline and registration after re-market

« Previous airline and registration prior to re-market
» Boeing registration for ferry to HSN

« 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)

SKF: Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX

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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 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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Leading Edge Air Services' RP-C6950

Leading Edger Air Services Corporation is taking delivery of their first Cessna C408 SkyCourier, RP-C6950 (msn 408-00__). It's making its delivery flight, flown by Flight Contract Services, from BEC to CRK, with stops at LVS, VGT, SMX, HNL, and ___. It had its ferry tank installed at VGT (from May 29th), and is making its SMX-HNL segment today.

Photos of their acceptance of the C408 on Leading Edge's Facebook page.

HNL's Runway 8R/26L Nightly Closure Extended

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation - Airports announced that the nightly closure of Runway 8R/26L will be extended to 14 June.

Further details in this HDOT-A news release.

N770XT

N770XT (msn 4879), an A320-232 owned by a Bank of Utah trustee, is ferrying from ASP to P08, with stops at CNS, TRW, and HNL. This A320's overnight stop at HNL is tonight. N770XT is scheduled to be parted out, then scrapped.

4879's History:

Oct 2011: Delivered to Tiger Airways as 9V-TAZ, under lease from Pembroke.

Jly 2013: Airline rebrands as Tigerair.

Jly 2017: Transferred to Scoot as 9V-TAZ "Ki Jiak Hong"

Aug 2020: Acquired by Itochu, and the lease was transferred.

Nov 2023: Leased to Jetstar Asia as 9V-JSX.

Aug 2025: Transferred to Jetstar Airways as VH-X3P, but it never entered service.

May 2026: Acquired by a Bank of Utah trustee.

HDOT-A To Temporarily Close ITO's Runway 8/26

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation - Airports will close ITO's Runway 8/26 and Taxiway A for night pavement work from 08-09 June, from 23:00 to 05:00. Runway 3/21 will remain open for night cargo flights.

Further information in this HDOT-A news release.

Southwest Airlines Launches ONT-HNL Service

Southwest Airlines commenced daily 737-8 service between ONT and HNL this morning. N8768Q (c/n 67518, l/n 8329, f/n 8768) made the inaugural flight as SWA4527, while N8785L (c/n 67755, l/n 8375, f/n 8785) made the HNL-ONT segment as SWA3342.

Photos of the pre-boarding event at ONT can be seen in this FlyONT Instagram post.

Virgin Australia's VH-8VD

Virgin Australia is taking delivery of VH-8VD "Fairhaven Beach" (c/n 67040, l/n 9587). This 737-8 is making its delivery flight from MLB (after in-flight entertainment system upgrades) to BNE, with stops at ONT and KOA, as VOZ9947. Its overnight stop at KOA is tonight. This is Virgin Australia's fourth delivery within the last four weeks.