The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) and competes with the Airbus A320neo family.

Jul 8, 2024 · Here is a timeline of key events in the history of the Max: August 2011: Boeing announces the Max, a 737 with larger engines, instead of designing a new plane to compete with the A320neo from rival Airbus. August 2015: The first 737 Max plane rolls off the production line. January 2016: The 737 Max takes its first test flight.

Jan 27, 2024 · Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners are carrying passengers in the United States again for the first time since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the planes. Alaska Airlines resumed a limited number of flights with its Max 9s on Friday.

Incorporating advanced technology winglets and efficient engines, the 737 MAX family offers excellent economics, reducing fuel use and emissions by 20 percent while producing a 50 percent smaller noise footprint than the airplanes it replaces.

Sep 26, 2024 · The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing “urgent safety recommendations” for some Boeing 737s—including the embattled 737 MAX line— warning that critical flight controls could jam.

Jan 25, 2024 · The Boeing 737 Max 9’s grounded several weeks ago will be back in the air soon after each passes inspection guidelines set by the FAA. Here’s what you need to know.

Changes to the 737 MAX. Global regulators and aviation organizations from around the world collaborated to allow the airplane to safely return to service.

Jan 10, 2024 · On Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered most Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to be temporarily grounded as regulators and Boeing investigate the cause of the incident. The order...

The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020, and again in 2024, after 346 people died in two similar crashes in less than five months: Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration initially affirmed the MAX's continued airworthiness, claiming to have ...

The 737 MAX family includes design updates, such as the Boeing Advanced Technology winglet, that reduce fuel use and CO2 emissions by at least 14 percent compared to Next-Generation 737s. Other design changes are LED landing, taxi and …