Some 27 airlines across the world will utilize the B737 MAX in November. Between them, they'll have nearly 44,000 scheduled flights or almost 1.7% of all flights globally. With 85% of movements, the MAX 8 will, not surprisingly, be very much number i. Nosotros take a look at users and then focus on two major players.

27 users of the B737 MAX in November

Southwest is the leading MAX operator next month, with over 11,000 flights, a ane-quarter share of full services by the type, and more twice equally many movements every bit 2d-placed United. That's based on analyzing schedules provided to data experts Cirium.

Equally the table below highlights, the low-price carrier is one of 27 users down to operate the type. Others include Icelandair, which will deploy them to Denver – three,568 miles (v,742 km) abroad  – and six other Due north American destinations. And they include flydubai, the ever-closer partner of Emirates, which will utilize them on 32 routes, as far away as Helsinki (ii,819 miles, 4,467km). Australian startup Bonza will employ them next yr.

With six in ten flights, North America is far and away the primary region for the MAX, at least for now. This corroborates a previous finding that this region leads past so much is partly because many countries in Asia, especially China, haven't still permitted the type to wing again. China has the second-largest armada of the type globally, but not one is yet scheduled to operate.

Airline (per AOC) Estimated MAX flights in November % of all MAX flights that month
Southwest 11,135 25.40%
United Airlines 4,626 10.56%
American Airlines 4,090 9.33%
Turkish Airlines iii,653 eight.33%
Gol 3,105 7.08%
Malta Air (part of the Ryanair Group) two,558 5.84%
Aeromexico two,416 5.51%
flydubai 2,018 4.60%
Air Canada 1,827 4.17%
WestJet 1,201 two.74%
Ryanair 1,074 2.45%
Copa 1,049 2.39%
Ryanair UK ane,032 2.35%
Flair Airlines 934 2.xiii%
Alaska Airlines 619 1.41%
Icelandair 559 1.28%
LOT Smoothen 481 one.x%
Oman Air 344 0.78%
TUI fly Kingdom of belgium 284 0.65%
TUI fly Netherlands 275 0.63%
Royal Air Maroc 200 0.46%
Smartwings Poland 109 0.25%
Smartwings 106 0.24%
TUI fly Nordic 96 0.22%
Smartwings Slovakia sixteen 0.04%
Mauritiania Airlines 16 0.04%
Fiji Airways 8 0.02%

The smaller MAX operators

It's oft interesting to see how things are used in different or less usual or frequent ways. In terms of the MAX, Fiji Airways will use them the least, with only eight round trip flights planned on one route: the 1,686 miles (2,713km) from Nadi to Brisbane, almost entirely over water. Information technology'll run weekly.

Mauritania Airlines is one of only two African airlines scheduled to utilize the type. It is downward to operate the twice-weekly service to Tunis, although this may change. Intriguingly, the airline's sole MAX 8 (5T-CLJ, delivered in Dec 2017) has been used more intensively in Oct, including to Casablanca, Las Palmas, and the Tunisian capital.

Yous'll notice that the higher up table includes various airlines that belong to the same group, such as Malta Air, the original Ryanair, and Ryanair UK. Information technology also has multiple TUI airlines and Smartwings carriers. Smartwings Poland and Slovakia use the carrier's aircraft from the group'south main Czech Republic unit.

Smartwings Prague to Dubai
Smartwings has operated Prague-Dubai since 2007. Photo: Prague Airport.

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The world's longest MAX routes in November

Brazilian carrier Gol has the world'south longest MAX-operated route next month, from Brasilia to Cancun. With iv weekly flights, the block time to the Mexican tourist resort is five minutes brusk of eight hours.

  1. Brasilia to Cancun, 3,664 miles (5,897km)
  2. Keflavik to Seattle, 3,622 miles (five,830km)
  3. Keflavik to Denver, 3,568 miles (5,742km)
  4. Keflavik to Orlando, 3,534 miles (v,687km)
  5. Warsaw to Sal, 3,414 miles (v,494km)
  6. Panama Metropolis to Montevideo, iii,385 miles (5,447km)
  7. Istanbul to Dar Es Salaam, 3,379 miles (5,438km)
  8. Istanbul to Zanzibar, iii,335 miles (5,367km)
  9. Panama City to San Francisco, iii,320 miles (5,342km)
  10. Panama City to Buenos Aires, three,313 miles (5,331km)

Acrossall B737 MAX routes, the average sector length will exist 1,185 miles, over one-third longer (35%) than the B737-800. As you lot'd await, the blazon will benefit from lower fuel consumption, particularly during a period of high oil prices, thereby improving route operation.

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Gol has the world'southward longest MAX route next month. Photograph: Alexandro Dias via Flickr.

Southwest to use the MAX on ~500 routes

Southwest has 69 175-seat B737 MAX 8s, ch-aviation.com shows, all of which are active. Of class, for now, its MAX aircraft are far overshadowed past 462 B737-700s and 207 B737-800s. Southwest retired 36 B737-700s in 2020, with 30 to 35 expected to be retired annually over the next 10 to 15 years. Offsetting these will exist incoming MAX 7s and 8s, of which it has vast numbers on firm order.

Turkish Airlines will use them to 83 airports

Turkish Airlines' first MAX eight (TC-LCA) arrived in December 2018, followed by its initial MAX ix (TC-LYA) the following February. The smaller variant has 151 seats; the larger, 169. Both have xvi in concern seats, but it varies in economy: 135 for the MAX eight and 153 for the larger MAX 9.

The Star Alliance carrier's use of the MAX 8 has grown significantly. It is its second most-used aircraft from Istanbul Aerodrome in November if measured in total flights, behind only the A321ceo/neo. In that location are more MAX viii flights scheduled from the principal airport serving Istanbul than even the B737-800.

Some 83 airports will welcome the ii variants, with a heavy focus on domestic services. Internationally, Beirut, Malta, Marrakesh, Hannover, and Odesa will meet them the most. Perchance more than exciting is their use to Africa, a continent that has seen incredible growth by the airline. Ten African airports will welcome them, including Abuja, the Nigerian capital.

Turkish's next MAX 8 is on the way to Istanbul
TC-LCH is Turkish Airlines' latest MAX 8. It is beingness delivered to Istanbul. Image: Radarbox.com.

Turkish's next MAX 8 is en route to Istanbul

When writing this commodity, the airline's next MAX 8 (TC-LCH) is beingness delivered to Istanbul, routing Seattle Boeing Field-Goose Bay-Keflavik-Istanbul as "Turkish 6832." It is the carrier's 19th MAX 8.

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