Aircraft
BBJ Goes To The MAX

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ), yesterday, announced plans to build the BBJ MAX, the VIP version of Boeing’s 737 MAX commercial jet and next iteration of BBJ’s executive airliners. The MAX brings the BBJ into the Leap era, using the same CFM International Leap 1-B engines and winglets as on the 737 MAX, which provide a range increase of more than 14 percent, according to Boeing.

Paralleling the commercial program, the first BBJ MAX model will be based on the BBJ2/737-800 (737 MAX 8) airframe (129 feet, 6 inches long). Dubbed the BBJ MAX 8, expected range is 6,325 nm, sufficient to link Los Angeles-Moscow and London-Hong Kong. First BBJ MAX 8 deliveries are expected in the 2017 to 2018 time frame, following scheduled inaugural 737 MAX 8 deliveries in 2017.

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