
Why Alaska Airlines Ordered 105 Boeing 737 MAX 10s Before The FAA Finished Reading The Paperwork
Alaska ordered 105 Boeing 737 MAX 10s for over $13 billion. The FAA has not certified the aircraft yet. Here is why Alaska could not wait.

These planes will finally be coming soon.

Alaska ordered 105 Boeing 737 MAX 10s for over $13 billion. The FAA has not certified the aircraft yet. Here is why Alaska could not wait.

The Star Alliance carrier is still waiting for the Boeing 737 MAX 10 to be delivered.

After years of delays, the 737 MAX 10 is almost ready for commercial service, but it will be well behind its main rival.

Despite a $134.9 million list price, Boeing is reportedly selling its 737 MAX 10s for as little as $55 million.

Both planes are nearing the final steps of certification.
After a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens back—eventually. Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
United Airlines has hundreds of lie-flat business class seats sitting in storage, ordered years ago for a Boeing 737 MAX

United may never find a use for the seats it ordered when it expected 737 MAX 10 deliveries to begin several years ago.

United has reshaped its premium transcontinental plans as the MAX 10’s role pivots toward a higher density domestic workhorse.
TUI fly Netherlands will expand its fleet and focus on more direct services to popular holiday destinations in summer 2027, increasing both the number of flights and the number of available seats. The airline plans to replace all six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft currently assigned to its Dutch operation with the larger 737 MAX […]

The number represents an increase from the original 20-seat number.

While the MAX 10 awaits certification, airlines are already seeing success with the A321XLR

FAA certification clears Boeing’s smallest MAX, unlocking deliveries and advancing the crucial MAX 10.

These planes will finally be coming soon.
Boeing stated second-quarter 2026 revenue rose to $24.6 billion, driven “primarily” by 171 commercial aircraft deliveries during the quarter, according to the company’s July 28, 2026, earnings release. Commercial Airplanes: deliveries up, losses narrower, 737 rate move and MAX 7/MAX 10 progress For the second quarter 2026, Boeing reported a GAAP loss per share of […]
Boeing has completed planned certification flight testing of the 737 MAX 10, clearing a major hurdle as the…
The company is working toward certification within the current year.

Largest member of the MAX family now moves to final FAA review process

The two variants are the last of the MAX family awaiting certification.
Aerolíneas Argentinas has announced its largest fleet renewal programme in more than ten years, confirming the addition of 20 new aircraft between 2027 and 2031 as part of a major modernisation strategy unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow. The plan includes six Airbus A330-900neos, eight Boeing 737 MAX 10s and six Boeing 737 MAX 8s, […]