Boeing Commences 737-7 MAX Assembly

Boeing Commences 737-7 MAX Assembly

Boeing Commences 737-7 MAX Assembly. Boeing began the final assembly of the third and smallest variant in the 737 Max family reinvented.

The first Max 7 flight test aircraft is now loaded into a final assembly position within Boeing's single-aisle production center in Renton, Washington, the ship owner confirmed in a Twitter post on November 22.

The final assembly begins after a full fuselage of Spirit AeroSystems arrives. Boeing manufactures the wings for the 737 Max in a building adjacent to the final assembly hangars in Renton. CFM International ships Leap-1B motors that are installed at the end of the final assembly process.

The 737-7 - with 138-153 seats in a two-class design - enters the final assembly three years after Boeing achieved a similar milestone with a maximum of 162-189 seats. That variant entered service in May.

In December 2016, Boeing began the final assembly of the first Max 9 of 178-193 seats, which is on track to enter service next year. The fuselage is also designing the Max 10 of 188-204 seats.

Although it is the smallest of the four main variants of Max, the 737-7 has the longest range: 3,825 nm (7,080 km).