Jet Airways receives its 5th Boeing 737MAX

October 23, 2018: Jet Airways recently received its fifth Boeing 737 MAX, as part of its fleet modernisation plan.

Since the induction of the airline’s maiden 737MAX (registered as VT-JXA) on 28th June, 2018, another four have joined its fleet. The latest MAX – the airline’s fifth, with registration VT-JXE – is part of 11 MAX aircraft that Jet Airways will be inducting this fiscal year. Another model, 220 MAX aircraft are expected to join the airline’s fleet over the course of the next decade, as it expands its footprint. Jet Airways remains the only Indian carrier to operate the advanced single-aisle fuel-efficient aircraft in the Indian skies.

Equipped with the CFM LEAP-1B engine, the 737MAX is designed to deliver exceptional performance and reliability with a fuel efficiency of up to 15 percent that translates into a lower seat per mile cost as well as an extended range. It delivers a comparatively lower noise footprint (nearly 40 percent less) along with lower carbon emissions.

Like the 737NG, the 737MAX offers a two-class configuration of two variants. One comprising 12 Première and 162 seats in Economy, and another with 12 Premiere and 156 Economy class seats.

The MAX will be flying on both domestic as well as international sectors including Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Patna, Goa, as well as Dhaka, Colombo and Dubai.