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For the First / Business Guide / master thread on this aircraft, please see Guide: AA Boeing 737 MAX 8 / 7M8 First / Business Seats, Etc. now that it is in service (entered Service November 2017).
The 737 MAX has the Boeing Sky Interior with LED interior lighting based on the Boeing 787 interior, overhead bins and, on sale, ViaSat satellite-based Ka band WiFi. Individual seatback seatback video screens are NOT offered; AA has decided free high quality live streaming music and movies (streamed from an onboard server and generally using the free downloadable AA app) and high speed Ka band Internet are both sufficient and the wave of the future. At seat power offers universal plug at 110 VAC plus 5.1 VDC USB); "large" overhead (cases stand on side?) bins. The new lavs allowing more seats are “ultra-slimline” lavs with limited space.
The new 787 MAX carries 172 passengers: 16 in First / Business Class, 24 in Main Cabin Extra (as opposed to 30 in the 737-800) and 132 in Main Cabin for a total of 172 passengers.
24 Main Cabin Extra seats are ~33” pitch and include bulkhead and exit row seats.
Main Cabin features 30" seat pitch with Rockwell Collins Interior Design "Meridian" slimline seats; AA states that these seats' 30" pitch "feel like" 31" and is a more comfortable seat than previous generations (of slimline seats).
Bulkheads are “soft” bulkheads that don’t impair legroom.
Exit row seats have normal trays, so exit seats offer the same width as other Economy seats.
Under “Project Oasis”, all AA 737 (and A320 family aircraft) will be refitted to 7M8 seating standards in the long haul.
(AA revised its original plans to provide some rows of 29" pitch seats in the MAX 8 by switching out one MCE row, as of 12 June 2017.)
AA as of end of 2016 had 284 Boeing 737-823 aircraft in service, with a further 20 on order and pending delivery. The first AA 737 MAX 8 came out of the Renton, WA 737 assembly line Sunday, 30 July 2017, and 2 Nov 2017 saw its inaugural flight on MIA-LGA.
In the order of Boeing 737 aircraft, AA included 100 737 MAX 8 orders with options for 60 more, but some of these have been deferred as far as 2024. The first 737 MAX -8 flew 29 Jan 2016; deliveries to AA will continue through ~2021. 16 more will be delivered during 2018, 20 during 2019. The new aircraft has the IATA code B38M; AA has coded it "7M8".
The 737 MAX 8* is essentially a replacement to the 737-800 with passenger capacity of 172. Range with Advanced Technology (AT) Split Scimitar Winglets is expected to be 3,515 nmi (6,510 km). (In comparison, the APB Blended Winglets 737-800 has range of 3,115 nmi or 5,765 km fully loaded.) See this page on Gizmodo for more information.
The fourth generation 737 MAX 8 (first flight 2016) includes airframe and wingtip modifications (Boeing Advanced Technology Winglets) for enhanced efficiency and uses the larger and more efficient CFM International LEAP-1B engines. This will allegedly allow a 20% improvement in fuel burn over A320 aircraft, a 4% improvement over the A320neo* (new engine option) and a 14% fuel burn reduction over the 737NG / 737-823 currently in use.
(*The slightly longer and longer range A321-200neo will come in 2019.)
Boeing 737-800 Scimitar Split Winglets
"An American spokesman said the airline will add 40 Max jets to its fleet by the end of 2019. It has 100 on order." (Existing and remaining Boeing 737-800 / 823s will be configured to the same seat plan as the 737-MAX 8, going from 160 to 172 total seats.)
Link to full article in CNN Money, 3 May 2017.
*Boeing aircraft are changing nomenclature. Like the existing 747-8 and 787-8 and -9, the 737 MAX 8 on order by AA will be the -8, not -800 or -823.
HISTORICAL / COMPARISON:
Boeing 737-100 "Fat Albert" entered service with Lufthansa in 1968
MTOW 110,000 lb; Range 1,540 nm; 85 passengers in 2 class config
Boeing 737-400 "Classic" entered service in 1984
MTOW 150,000 lb; Range ~2,100 nm; 147 passengers in 2 class config
Boeing 737-800 "Next Generation" entered service in 1998
MTOW 174,200 lb; Range ~2,935 nm; 150-172 passengers in 2 class AA config
Boeing 737-8 "MAX" entered service in 2017
MTOW 181,200 lb; Range 3,610 nm; 172 passengers in 2 class AA config
For the First / Business Guide / master thread on this aircraft, please see Guide: AA Boeing 737 MAX 8 / 7M8 First / Business Seats, Etc. now that it is in service (entered Service November 2017).
The 737 MAX has the Boeing Sky Interior with LED interior lighting based on the Boeing 787 interior, overhead bins and, on sale, ViaSat satellite-based Ka band WiFi. Individual seatback seatback video screens are NOT offered; AA has decided free high quality live streaming music and movies (streamed from an onboard server and generally using the free downloadable AA app) and high speed Ka band Internet are both sufficient and the wave of the future. At seat power offers universal plug at 110 VAC plus 5.1 VDC USB); "large" overhead (cases stand on side?) bins. The new lavs allowing more seats are “ultra-slimline” lavs with limited space.
The new 787 MAX carries 172 passengers: 16 in First / Business Class, 24 in Main Cabin Extra (as opposed to 30 in the 737-800) and 132 in Main Cabin for a total of 172 passengers.
24 Main Cabin Extra seats are ~33” pitch and include bulkhead and exit row seats.
Main Cabin features 30" seat pitch with Rockwell Collins Interior Design "Meridian" slimline seats; AA states that these seats' 30" pitch "feel like" 31" and is a more comfortable seat than previous generations (of slimline seats).
Bulkheads are “soft” bulkheads that don’t impair legroom.
Exit row seats have normal trays, so exit seats offer the same width as other Economy seats.
Under “Project Oasis”, all AA 737 (and A320 family aircraft) will be refitted to 7M8 seating standards in the long haul.
(AA revised its original plans to provide some rows of 29" pitch seats in the MAX 8 by switching out one MCE row, as of 12 June 2017.)
AA as of end of 2016 had 284 Boeing 737-823 aircraft in service, with a further 20 on order and pending delivery. The first AA 737 MAX 8 came out of the Renton, WA 737 assembly line Sunday, 30 July 2017, and 2 Nov 2017 saw its inaugural flight on MIA-LGA.
In the order of Boeing 737 aircraft, AA included 100 737 MAX 8 orders with options for 60 more, but some of these have been deferred as far as 2024. The first 737 MAX -8 flew 29 Jan 2016; deliveries to AA will continue through ~2021. 16 more will be delivered during 2018, 20 during 2019. The new aircraft has the IATA code B38M; AA has coded it "7M8".
American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 SSW
The 737 MAX 8* is essentially a replacement to the 737-800 with passenger capacity of 172. Range with Advanced Technology (AT) Split Scimitar Winglets is expected to be 3,515 nmi (6,510 km). (In comparison, the APB Blended Winglets 737-800 has range of 3,115 nmi or 5,765 km fully loaded.) See this page on Gizmodo for more information.
The fourth generation 737 MAX 8 (first flight 2016) includes airframe and wingtip modifications (Boeing Advanced Technology Winglets) for enhanced efficiency and uses the larger and more efficient CFM International LEAP-1B engines. This will allegedly allow a 20% improvement in fuel burn over A320 aircraft, a 4% improvement over the A320neo* (new engine option) and a 14% fuel burn reduction over the 737NG / 737-823 currently in use.
(*The slightly longer and longer range A321-200neo will come in 2019.)
Boeing 737-800 Scimitar Split Winglets
"An American spokesman said the airline will add 40 Max jets to its fleet by the end of 2019. It has 100 on order." (Existing and remaining Boeing 737-800 / 823s will be configured to the same seat plan as the 737-MAX 8, going from 160 to 172 total seats.)
Link to full article in CNN Money, 3 May 2017.
*Boeing aircraft are changing nomenclature. Like the existing 747-8 and 787-8 and -9, the 737 MAX 8 on order by AA will be the -8, not -800 or -823.
HISTORICAL / COMPARISON:
Boeing 737-100 "Fat Albert" entered service with Lufthansa in 1968
MTOW 110,000 lb; Range 1,540 nm; 85 passengers in 2 class config
Boeing 737-400 "Classic" entered service in 1984
MTOW 150,000 lb; Range ~2,100 nm; 147 passengers in 2 class config
Boeing 737-800 "Next Generation" entered service in 1998
MTOW 174,200 lb; Range ~2,935 nm; 150-172 passengers in 2 class AA config
Boeing 737-8 "MAX" entered service in 2017
MTOW 181,200 lb; Range 3,610 nm; 172 passengers in 2 class AA config
Aircraft Guide: AA Boeing 737 MAX 8 / 7M8 Meridian Main Cabin, MCE Seats, Etc.
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Aircraft Guide: AA Boeing 737 MAX 8 / 7M8 Meridian Main Cabin, MCE Seats, Etc.
With little fanfare, American’s newest aircraft - the Boeing 737 MAX 8 - flew the inaugural flight MIA-LGA the morning of 29 November 2017.
The 7M8 is essentially a generational advance of the 737-800 AA has a fleet of 302, with only two more on order. The 7M8 order book is for 100, with two in service as of this writing. Engined with the CFM International LEAP, the 7M8 is said to be extremely fuel efficient.
The 7M8 is arriving “out of the box”in the following 172 passengers configuration:
16 First / Business seats similar to the AA A319, with 37” pitch, 21” width and 4”recline (these seats do not slide forward, so 2” less recline than A319)
30 Main Cabin Extra Rockwell Collins Interior Design "Meridian" slimline seats seats with 33”pitch (plus bulkhead and exit rows) and 16.6 - 17.8” width
126 Main Cabin “Meridian” seats with 30” pitch
All seats have 110 VAC Universal plug and 5 VDC USB plug power.
In-Flight Entertainment is provided by an online server using WiFi to transmit offerings to passengers’ PED / own devices. Ka band WiFi is also be available for a fee.
The 7M8 is essentially a generational advance of the 737-800 AA has a fleet of 302, with only two more on order. The 7M8 order book is for 100, with two in service as of this writing. Engined with the CFM International LEAP, the 7M8 is said to be extremely fuel efficient.
The 7M8 is arriving “out of the box”in the following 172 passengers configuration:
16 First / Business seats similar to the AA A319, with 37” pitch, 21” width and 4”recline (these seats do not slide forward, so 2” less recline than A319)
30 Main Cabin Extra Rockwell Collins Interior Design "Meridian" slimline seats seats with 33”pitch (plus bulkhead and exit rows) and 16.6 - 17.8” width
126 Main Cabin “Meridian” seats with 30” pitch
All seats have 110 VAC Universal plug and 5 VDC USB plug power.
In-Flight Entertainment is provided by an online server using WiFi to transmit offerings to passengers’ PED / own devices. Ka band WiFi is also be available for a fee.
