Boeing CEO David Calhoun has dominated out removing the MAX title from its troubled 737 jets.
Front-page coverage of two deadly crashes involving the 737 MAX and its subsequent worldwide grounding has raised questions of how protected passengers will really feel in setting foot onto a Boeing 737 MAX flown by any airline.
However, Boeing is not shying away from the MAX model of its next-generation 737, which is the short-range workhorse of airways around the globe.
“There isn’t any rebranding occurring,” affirms Boeing CEO Calhoun “There’s nothing cute occurring.”
Calhoun’s feedback got here as Irish carrier Ryanair, already a strong 737 MAX buyer with 135 orders placed, announced on December 3 that it could take one other 75 MAX jets.
Ryanair raised eyebrows when its marketing materials referred to the plane because the “737-8200”, sparking Calhoun’s feedback on the way forward for the MAX household model.
However, Ryanair’s order is for a ‘high-density’ version of the 737 MAX 8 which Boeing has dubbed the 737 MAX 200, because it seats as much as 200 passengers in an all-economy configuration with slimline seats, and even requires a further pair of exit doorways because of the greater passenger capability. This skew is formally designated because of the Boeing 737-8200.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary stated his airline would additionally think about inserting an order for the super-sized MAX 10, which has room for around 230 passengers utilizing standard single-class seating.
Singapore Airlines’ regional arm Silkair, which is now being folded again into its parent superbrand, had six MAX 8 jets in hand and 31 more on order when Boeing grounded the MAX in March 2019.
