737 MAX quietly rolls out today

Boeing is having to defend the Max 10 decision. The heads of both Air Lease Corp and AerCap have come out with comments that are critical of the design. Steven Udvar-Hazey said the only reason Boeing went ahead with it is to compete with the A321neo, which has drastically outsold the Max 9.

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Boeing quietly delivered the first Max 8 to launch customer Malindo Air today. The aircraft departed for Malaysia afterwards.

a reply to: Zaphod58
The underbelly? Retracts?
Looks like one of those hopped up
flat gray 767' tanker/drone/secret stuff
aircraft.

a reply to: UnderKingsPeak

Round inlets. The NG had to flatten the bottom of the intake for ground clearance. Since the new engine is slightly larger, they raised the nose just enough to go back to an almost round inlet.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Gotcha.
thank you for the quick reply !