Seattle: Boeing The company owns 737 . Ready for the first flight of the largest member of Max The family took another step towards recovering from the safety grounding of a small model on Friday.
The 737 MAX 10’s maiden voyage is expected around 10 a.m. (1700 GMT) local time in the Seattle area, beginning months of testing and certification before entering service in 2023.
In an unusual departure from the PR buzz surrounding the first flights, the event was deliberately being kept low-key as Boeing tries to navigate the overarching woes caused by two crashes and a 20-month grounding in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Boeing’s 230-seat 737-10 is designed to close the gap between its 178-to-220-seat 737-9, and airbusThe 185-by-240-seat A321neo, which dominates the top end of the narrowbody jet market, is valued at about $3.5 trillion over 20 years.
However, the market opportunity for the 737 MAX 10 is constrained by the jet’s range of 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km), which is less than the A321Neo’s 4,000 nm.
Boeing will also have to meet the aircraft’s safety certification under a tough regulatory environment as the model was put on hold for nearly two years after two fatal crashes of a smaller 737 MAX version – with safety restrictions still in place in China.
Boeing has made design and training changes on the Max family, which returned to US operations in December.
While the smaller Max 8 is Boeing’s fastest-selling jet, slow sales of the Max 9 and 10 models have put Boeing at a loss for the A321Neo.
Boeing has abandoned plans to tinker with the 737 MAX 10 design, but is weighing a bold plan to replace the single-aisle 757, which overlaps with the top end of the MAX family.
Still, Boeing says it has confidence in the Max 10 and is pursuing efforts to sell more of the jet, with key targets including Ireland’s Ryanair.
customers include United Airlines with 100 on order. Although sources say United is weighing a new order for at least 100 or up to 200 Max, its requirement for larger single-aisles will be met by Airbus – tightening the market segmentation.
Friday’s flight will showcase a renewed landing gear system, depicting an industry’s battle to squeeze as much profit as possible from the current generation of single-aisles.
This increases the height of the landing gear during take-off and landing, a design necessary to compensate for the extra length of MAX 10 and to prevent the tail from scraping the runway at take-off.
Separately, British officials said they had launched an investigation on Friday after the nose gear of a British Airways Boeing 787 used to haul freight on the tarmac in London’s Heathrow collapsed. No one got hurt.
The 737 MAX 10’s maiden voyage is expected around 10 a.m. (1700 GMT) local time in the Seattle area, beginning months of testing and certification before entering service in 2023.
In an unusual departure from the PR buzz surrounding the first flights, the event was deliberately being kept low-key as Boeing tries to navigate the overarching woes caused by two crashes and a 20-month grounding in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Boeing’s 230-seat 737-10 is designed to close the gap between its 178-to-220-seat 737-9, and airbusThe 185-by-240-seat A321neo, which dominates the top end of the narrowbody jet market, is valued at about $3.5 trillion over 20 years.
However, the market opportunity for the 737 MAX 10 is constrained by the jet’s range of 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km), which is less than the A321Neo’s 4,000 nm.
Boeing will also have to meet the aircraft’s safety certification under a tough regulatory environment as the model was put on hold for nearly two years after two fatal crashes of a smaller 737 MAX version – with safety restrictions still in place in China.
Boeing has made design and training changes on the Max family, which returned to US operations in December.
While the smaller Max 8 is Boeing’s fastest-selling jet, slow sales of the Max 9 and 10 models have put Boeing at a loss for the A321Neo.
Boeing has abandoned plans to tinker with the 737 MAX 10 design, but is weighing a bold plan to replace the single-aisle 757, which overlaps with the top end of the MAX family.
Still, Boeing says it has confidence in the Max 10 and is pursuing efforts to sell more of the jet, with key targets including Ireland’s Ryanair.
customers include United Airlines with 100 on order. Although sources say United is weighing a new order for at least 100 or up to 200 Max, its requirement for larger single-aisles will be met by Airbus – tightening the market segmentation.
Friday’s flight will showcase a renewed landing gear system, depicting an industry’s battle to squeeze as much profit as possible from the current generation of single-aisles.
This increases the height of the landing gear during take-off and landing, a design necessary to compensate for the extra length of MAX 10 and to prevent the tail from scraping the runway at take-off.
Separately, British officials said they had launched an investigation on Friday after the nose gear of a British Airways Boeing 787 used to haul freight on the tarmac in London’s Heathrow collapsed. No one got hurt.
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