If I remember right, I think there is an European airline that flies out of Detroit or Minneopolis. Not sure if there is a stop in eastern Canada or Keflavick or not.

Sun Country Airlines flew out of Minneapolis to Gatwick and stopped in Gander.

Guys- the project isnt about upgrading the cockpit, its all about making the plnae lighter with the use of composite materials, such as carbon fiber. This reduces wieght and fuel costs, and requires alot less inspections due the fact that carbon will not fatigue( and requires no rivets, but is molded together).

 

Engines will be slightly redesigned, and possibly have longer intervals of required maintance as well.

The new winglets look similar to design the Md11 uses.

Ha so I was right!

If PMDG models this, it's an external visual model upgrade only. Cockpit stays the same.

I think it's a shame that Boeing allowed Airbus to outmanouver them with the Neo. It would have been nice to see the 737 Max developed as an entire new airplane, not the same basic design from the 1960s.

 

Colin Ware

 

Engines will be slightly redesigned,

As far as I know, the MAX -9 will be fitted with considerably more powerful but, much more efficient engines.

 

The current -900er is a bit underpowered and the new -LEAP X engines on the MAX are supposedly going to output 35,000 lbs of thrust compared to the 26,000 pounds of thrust on the -900er.

The slight engine redesign on the 737 requires a landing gear alteration and moving the engines to maintain ground clearance. Both sides are tossing muck at each other, and claiming theirs will be better despite the fact that none of the engines proposed have yet run, and that performance claimed at development and performance achieved in practice rarely match, to paraphrase Guy Norris from Aviation Week (via June 2012 Australian Aviation).

They want to sell their product by making it as cost saving as only possible, therefore it wouldn't make sense to change the flight deck (I am not talking about small changes here and there), because airlines would have to spend a lot of money for new type ratings if the flight deck was way different than what it is like now.. That's why I think the flight deck will remain the way it is with a few changes eventually.

The slight engine redesign on the 737 requires a landing gear alteration and moving the engines to maintain ground clearance. Both sides are tossing muck at each other, and claiming theirs will be better despite the fact that none of the engines proposed have yet run, and that performance claimed at development and performance achieved in practice rarely match, to paraphrase Guy Norris from Aviation Week (via June 2012 Australian Aviation).

 

The engine nacelles might only be receiving a 'slight' redesign, but the engines themselves are entirely 100% new, which is a bit more than a 'slight redesign'.

 

They want to sell their product by making it as cost saving as only possible, therefore it wouldn't make sense to change the flight deck (I am not talking about small changes here and there), because airlines would have to spend a lot of money for new type ratings if the flight deck was way different than what it is like now.. That's why I think the flight deck will remain the way it is with a few changes eventually.

 

Not to mention it would cost Boeing a lot of money to redesign the flight deck.

...of the most-reliable single aisle aircraft on the planet...

It is obvious that you like Boeings (despite your name), but please don't spout rubbish like this on public forums. 5 minutes on wiki will find you other single aisle aircraft with considerably better reliability and safety records.

if so, why weren't they all as successful as the 737 has been?

It is obvious that you like Boeings (despite your name), but please don't spout rubbish like this on public forums. 5 minutes on wiki will find you other single aisle aircraft with considerably better reliability and safety records.

 

:LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:

It is obvious that you like Boeings (despite your name), but please don't spout rubbish like this on public forums. 5 minutes on wiki will find you other single aisle aircraft with considerably better reliability and safety records.

 

Thank you for your comment. I did peruse Wiki- and amazingly, I didn't find the data you suggested...here's what Boeing has to say from their website (cut and pasted directly with no modifications made by me). Boeing.com text is in blue ink. Please read the very first sentence aloud, and put emphasis on the words "the best reliability record of any airplane." You can bet Boeing checked all the reliability data before making such a claim.

 

The 737 MAX will build on the best reliability record of any airplane, with a world- beating 99.7 percent of Next-Generation 737 flights ready to depart within 15 minutes of schedule. On-time performance is the major positive influence on passengers' perception of their experience on short flights and saves operators maintenance, flight and crew costs.

 

The design superiority of the 737 translates into fewer passengers being inconvenienced every year when flying on a Boeing 737 versus the competition. For a fleet of 100 Next-Generation 737 airplanes flying five flights a day, the 737s will have 590 fewer delays and avoid disrupting 66,600 fewer passengers when compared to a fleet of A320s. While Boeing is making the upgrades necessary to give customers the fuel savings they need for the future, the 737 MAX will retain the superior design reliability of the Next-Generation 737.

 

My post was with respect to the 737NG and the new 737MAX. I know that the projections from Boeing are 67 fewer days downtime versus Airbus Neo for scheduled maintenance. Down days are lost revenue days, yeah?

 

And yes, I am quite the Boeing fan. Guilty as charged. Then again, I'm American. There's Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, Chevrolet and Boeing.

other single aisle aircraft with considerably better reliability and safety records.

 

Please do share.