4 days ago · The emergency exit door, which was ripped off during take off from Portland, Oregon, was a deactivated door on delivery by Boeing. It is reportedly installed on all MAX 9s should airlines decide to configure the cabins into a high-density arrangement with over 200 passengers. The door is also installed on the 737 MAX 8-200 and 737-900ER variants.On an American Airlines roundtrip from Miami to Washington National, I experienced both the 737-800 and the MAX 8, and discovered that advances in new technology cannot make up for onboard service deficiencies. For my outbound Miami-DCA flight on the 737-800, the experience on the ground was efficient. WestJet fleet of 737-600, 737-700, and 737-800 aircraft features leather seats and Wireless Entertainment with Internet Connectivity. WestJet's B737-800 operates on short and medium-haul flights and has a 168 seats capacity. The Premium section is located in the first three rows of the aircraft and offer 3-4 inches of additional pitch.
Starting with narrowbodies, we see that the cheapest option is the 737-700, at $89.1 million. The only other Boeing model with an average list price below $100 million is the 737 MAX 7, which just about squeezes under at $99.7mn. It's a big step up to the MAX 8, which costs $121.6mn, or $124.8mn for the high-density MAX 8200 version used by
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