it was clear that the airline would take an interest in the NG’s successor: the 737 MAX. Becoming the first US carrier to operate the MAX 8, Southwest took delivery of its first plane in 2017.

In 2022, Norwegian confirmed an order for 50 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with the deal also incorporating an additional 30 options.

A Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash in Indonesia in 2018 and an Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 crash in 2019 both resulted in the deaths of all passengers and crew on board. The Ethiopian Airlines crash prompted ...

It's the second nearly brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner in recent months to be involved in a fatal crash. In October, Lion Air Flight JT610 crashed in the Java Sea shortly after taking off from ...

the Max 8 — in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people in total. 737 Max crashes Boeing made the first deliveries of the 737 Max, an update to the 737 jet, in 2017. Two years later, hundreds of Max ...

The Boeing Company's recovery accelerates with improved transparency, KPI strategies, and resumed 737 MAX deliveries to China. Read more here.