Virgin Australia Boeing 737 Max 8

[FlyingKangaroo]

'MAX' is just a marketing name after all. The official regulatory designation is a Boeing 737-8 etc.

Not that much different to airlines dropping 'Next Generation' when referring to the 737-800 or 'Dreamliner' for the 787 variants

Again, correct; though you’ll be hard-pressed to find a 787 that doesn’t have “Dreamliner” proudly painted on the fuselage or an Airbus neo without the same + indicated on its safety card.

I have a small model of a Copa Airlines 737-MAX8 with “MAX” taking up the last quarter of the fuselage. It makes me chuckle every time I spot it on the shelf. Safe to say that frame doesn’t look the same in real life anymore.

 

[Luke B]

Either way as far as a passenger emergency card is concerned both the 737-8 and 737-800 have the same emergency exits so no point having two different cards.

 

[PERLHR]

Can't believe I'm taking a pic of this....

 

[A321]

Can't believe I'm taking a pic of this....View attachment 508681

I feel like the header of the safety card is etched into my brain after countless hours in seat.

 

[jrfsp]

Deliveries now picking up.

Looks like two new aircraft inbound to Brisbane tomorrow on delivery, seems coordinated both arriving into Hawaii together.

737-8 VH-8VE
E190-2 VH-E2D

According to another site one delivery each fortnight for the next 12 weeks.

And then nothing until the max 10s, maybe 2027….or 2028….?

 

[Saab34]

And then nothing until the max 10s, maybe 2027….or 2028….?

Boeing and Ryanair seems confident around certification, so hopefully later next year.

 

[Harrison_133]

A couple of media articles on the MAX-10 are starting to make the rounds.

Virgin confirmed it expects to take delivery of the first MAX-10 "towards the end of 2027." They also said the seat count will be announced at a later date.

Interestingly, the couple of articles so far all state that 10 MAX-10s are on order. When some MAX-10s were swapped for -8s a few years ago, the MAX-10 order was reduced to 13 aircraft. I wonder what happened to those extra 3 -10s?

New Boeing-made plane to be largest in Virgin Australia’s fleet

The aircraft will have seating for up to 204 passengers, but the airline says there are other benefits too.

7news.com.au

 

[Saab34]

Don’t they hold options? I recall he said at a analyst briefing a while back they have ability to take more into the 2030s