Knowing the Boeing 737 MAX 8 de American Airlines

Knowing the Boeing 737 MAX 8 of American Airlines at Quito Airport. Hereí I tell you cómo is the avión más new and modern aerolínea during its operations at the Internacional Mariscal Sucre, first international destination of this aircraftón in Latinérica. Meet your Business Class, Tourist, cockpit, technologyía y más details of this aircraftón.

Thanks to the invitationócompany number Mantomain, I was able to meet exclusively, both outside and inside, the grandfatherón más new and modern that operates in Ecuador and specíphysically in Quito, the beautiful boeing 737 MAX 8 by American, let them release itó in Quito as the first destination in the regionón for the model «MAX» bestseller in the world.

the boeing 737 MAX 8

Boeing's program for the development of a new versionón of your avión más sold start on 30 august 2011, completing its first flight 29 of January of 2016. Tras la implementationóthousands of flight hours for certificationón, the boeing 737 MAX 8 entró in commercial service 16 May 2017 Malindo Air.

Of the new MAX models, Boeing has an order book for más de 4.300 planes, of which until the dítoday has delivered 74 planes to their first 23 customers all over the world and of course, American Airlines is one of them with an order of  100 aircraft and already having in its fleet the first 4.

Characterígeneral statics

The different versions of MAX use the design as a baseñor as well known and successful as Boeing 737 of, but with changes that are mainly found in the useón of new and más big engines, wings with new winglets called Split Tip winglets, nose changes, landing gear and general designñO.

They are changesíyou, but in the long run they turn it into an avión up to a 16% más econóthan its competitors in the Airbus family segment 320 and a 4% less than más new Airbus A320neo secún Boeing projections and data.

Spaghettién the use of new composite materials and other, even made on 3D printers, they make it máIt is lightweight and has extended its operating range.ón, themselvesún the model, in up to más de 800 miles náUticas and passage, also increasingén its passenger and cargo capacity.

Talk about the differences tooén leads us to talk that the avión is 8 centímetros más higher in the main gear than the NG to give space to the engines, that no longer have a flat base and to increase the weight mátakeoff maximum in at least 3.200 kilos.

Another important change isá in the cockpit, where are they now 4 large LCD screens 15.1 inches replacing 6 previous screens. The cockpit in general, maintains the same instrumental structure as the NG, positionónumber of instruments and look & feel is almost the same, but new instruments and smallñas relocations of cl indicatorsásicos makes it a little different and this has allowed the Aerolídirections that their pilots areán certificates on Boeing aircraft 737 NG should not carry out such a long and expensive training as if it were a total change.

Knowing the MAX

Other main characteríStatic is the smell of new. There is nothing better than the smell of a birdón new, brand new seats, scratch free windows, no stain or gum stuck. It's always good to meet an avión 0 kilómeters.

On his third regular flight to Quito we were able to get to know him up close, see its details and differences with the NG versions, but the best, discover its modern interior, Although it is very similar to the previous versions, there are details that differentiate it and improve the user experience.

From afar, the grandfatherón already shows its main differences with the versionón NG:

American Airlines colors look great on the MAX. the grandfatherón with matríN324RA was delivered to the airlineínea in September 2017. ¿They remember the Boeing 787 and their engines? Well, the MAX engines use the same designñor to reduce the emissionóno noise:

The new winglets, another characteríaesthetics of the MAX:

Just like the NG más new, los MAX isán designñados inside with the Sky Interior system, that changes colorún the flight stage. For instance, At lunch time, its color changes to saltón, so that it is más nice or blue during boarding:

Business seats are leather and are 16 seats of this class with 37″ pitch with individual trays:

Lighting detailsón interior and extra space in the overhead compartments:

Son 126 seats in Main Cabin and 30 in Main Cabin with extra space:

In economy cabinómica, the emergency exit is the más cómoda, has the largest leg room in the class:

new windows, allow photos without scratches:

The new eco seatsómica are thin, allowing for higher seating density, más passengers, más income:

HabíThere are still rumors that the seats don't recline, but yesí They recline in all classes. In the case of Económica are approximately 1 centímeter and a half, although the new concept is that the seats come pre-reclined.

All seats have a USB charging port for all kinds of devices. In the near future the planes will already activateán your onboard WiFi service. American MAXs do not have in-flight entertainment with overhead or individual screens to reduce weight and costs of the aircraftón, now each passenger with their devices will beá in charge of your entertainment:

the grandfatherón isá equipped with 3 baños, they are somewhat narrow:

The upper lighting panelón, air and called cabin crew tooén is different:

This is the ad dashboard, illuminationón and even some maintenance points of the aircraftón:

The cockpit maintains the NG concept, but with changes that are notorious like the big screens of 15.1 inch LCD. Hereí we can see the artificial horizon, HSI and something new, the terrain profile:

General view of the cabin with its 4 screens:

El MCP idéntic to the versionón NG:

Some changes can be observed in the instrumentationón and locationón of the same:

The engines are much más efficient thanks to changes in designñO. Hereí we can see the new shape of the blades that are made of mixed materials. The titanium start and backás of composite materials:

The aircraft modelón más fleet number can be seen on the front axle:

Detail of the front axle and we can also seeén changes in engines:

Although there is one reductionón míseating plan diaries with this change of avión, Quito and soon tooén Guayaquil, win an avión of the greatest technologyía and security, what to guaranteeá an operationón on time and comfortable for passengers.

Passengers dutyán get used to the changes, less reclineón, entertainment by each person and less space between seats, but the benefits in the long run will beán older.

We hope to soon be able to fly in this aircraftón and tell them cówhat is the flight experience in this aircraft.