Boeing Launches 737 MAX Based BBJ MAX Corporate Jet

photo:Boeing Boeing launched its Boeing 737 MAX based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) MAX airplane family after receiving the first order ...

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Boeing launched its Boeing 737 MAX based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) MAX airplane family after receiving the first order from an undisclosed customer. The order is for a BBJ MAX 8, which is based on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and will be delivered in 2018 without an interior.


The BBJ MAX 8 will have a range of 6,325 nautical miles (11,713 km), an increase of more than 800 nautical miles (1,482 km) over the BBJ2. Development of the 737 MAX is on schedule with firm configuration of the airplane achieved in July 2013. First flight is scheduled in 2016 with deliveries beginning in 2017.

The CFM LEAP-1B engines along with other aerodynamic improvements including fuel saving winglets, the 737 MAX will provide a 14 percent fuel-use improvement.

 The new BBJ family will also include the BBJ MAX 9, based on the 737 MAX 9, and is expected to offer a 6,255 nautical mile (11,584 km) range with an even larger cabin than the BBJ MAX 8. Plans for a BBJ MAX 7 are still being studied.

The 737 MAX has received more than 1,900 orders to date from 37 customers worldwide.

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