Some 480 B737 MAX aircraft were active as of January 1st. Thirty-eight airlines use at least one variant. With 69 jets, Southwest remains number-one. The carrier helps the US and Canada to have almost one in two MAX aircraft, clearly benefiting from the type still not flying in China.
480 active B737 MAXs
The MAX 8 has over eight in every ten of the 480 operational aircraft. With 409 examples across 36 airlines, the mid-sized variant far overshadows the larger -9. Of course, no carrier currently uses the MAX 7 or MAX 10.
Southwest has more MAX 8s than any other carrier, while United remains king for the -9. Only Panama’s Copa Airlines and Alaska Airlines exclusively use the MAX 9. If Ryanair and TUI are considered at group rather than unit level, they have 41 and 28 aircraft. They rank fourth and sixth worldwide. However, the MAX is still enormously about US and Canadian airlines. They have 226 aircraft against just 16 in Asia proper with SpiceJet and Singapore Airlines.
Last month, SunExpress took delivery of its first MAX 8, and it now has five. Meanwhile, Romania’s Blue Air received its fifth example just before Christmas. Although not yet operational, Ethiopian Airlines will soon resume use of the aircraft.
| Airline | Active MAX 8s (as of January 1st) | Active MAX 9s (as of January 1st) |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest | 69 | |
| United Airlines | 16 | 30 |
| American Airlines | 42 | |
| Air Canada | 30 | |
| Aeromexico | 18 | 6 |
| Turkish Airlines | 19 | 5 |
| flydubai | 20 | 3 |
| Malta Air (from Ryanair) | 22 | |
| GOL | 21 | |
| WestJet | 14 | |
| Copa Airlines | 13 | |
| TUI Airways | 13 | |
| Ryanair | 11 | |
| Alaska Airlines | 10 | |
| SpiceJet | 10 | |
| Flair Airlines | 9 | |
| Icelandair | 6 | 3 |
| Buzz (from Ryanair) | 8 | |
| Oman Air | 8 | |
| Smartwings | 7 | |
| Singapore Airlines | 6 | |
| Sunwing Airlines | 6 | |
| Aerolineas Argentinas | 5 | |
| Blue Air | 5 | |
| Fiji Airways | 5 | |
| LOT Polish | 5 | |
| SunExpress | 5 | |
| TUI Belgium | 5 | |
| TUI Netherlands | 5 | |
| Neos | 4 | |
| Cayman Airlines | 3 | |
| TUIfly Deutschland | 3 | |
| Enter Air | 2 | |
| Royal Air Maroc | 2 | |
| SCAT Airlines | 1 | 1 |
| TUIfly Nordic | 2 | |
| Corendon Airlines | 1 | |
| Mauritania Airlines | 1 |
What has been delivered in the past few days?
According to Planespotters.net, four additional machines were delivered in and around New Year, as shown below. When writing, none are yet operational, so they aren’t counted in the above figures.
- Copa Airlines: MAX 9 (HP-9914CMP)
- flydubai: MAX 8 (A6-FMN)
- Alaska Airlines: MAX 9 (N929AK)
- TUI Netherlands: MAX 8 (PH-TFR)
flydubai’s latest aircraft stands out. According to Radarbox.com, it left Seattle Boeing Field as “flydubai 9657” at 18:48 on December 1st, arriving Shannon the next day. After nearly a day there, presumably for crew rest time, it left for Amman on January 2nd at 10:25. When writing, it hasn’t departed Jordan for the UAE.
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Smartwings: a near eight-hour MAX flight
Long routes will the MAX is nothing new. They combine range with reasonable capacity and far better fuel consumption. Like the A321neo, they are helping to redefine long-haul economics. They benefit from a far lower trip cost in exchange for a slightly higher seat-mile cost.
On January 2nd, Smartwings used OK-SWC, delivered in May 2018, from Salalah, on the Oman coast, to Prague. With a great circle distance of 3,172 miles (5,104km), it had a planned flight of 7 hours and 57 minutes (!). However, it ended up taking 19 minutes less.
Southwest is very much the biggest user
With 69 aircraft, Southwest has nearly one in five active MAX 8s. On January 3rd, it has scheduled 288 flights, OAG shows, although it’s likely that some will be canceled because of Omicron. Over 200 routes are due to see the type.
I have flown one MAX aircraft so fly, a Ryanair MAX-8 200 (EI-HEZ) from London Stansted to Lanzarote. I enjoyed it and could tell the difference versus a B737-800. What are your experiences of the MAX? Let us know in the comments.
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