The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) and competes with the Airbus A320neo family.
The new series was announced in August 2011. It took its maiden flight in January 2016 and was certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March 2017. The first delivery was a MAX 8 in May 2017 to Malindo Air, with which it commenced service in May 2017.
Roll-out of the first Boeing 737 MAX in December 2015
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 entered service with Lion Air's subsidiary Malindo Air (wearing Batik Air Malaysia livery)
Some of the dozens of undelivered 737 MAX aircraft parked at Boeing Field in Seattle after the type was grounded, 2019
The Airbus A320neo family is an incremental development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners produced by Airbus.
The A320neo family is based on the previous A319, A320, and A321, which was then retrospectively renamed the A320ceo family.
The wing sharklet of an A320neo aircraft. These sharklets are also optional add-ons for the classic A320 family.
CFM International LEAP-1A engine
Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine, also known as the Pratt & Whitney GTF